About the Authors

Ching-Ting Lin

gingting@mail.cmu.edu.tw (CTL); hlpeng@cc.nctu.edu.tw (HLP)

Affiliation School of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China

Tien-Huang Lin

Affiliations Division of Urology, Taichung Tzu Chi Hospital, The Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China, Tzu Chi University School of Post-Baccalaureate Chinese Medicine, Hualien, Taiwan, Republic of China

Chien-Chen Wu

Affiliation Department of Biological Science and Technology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Republic of China

Lei Wan

Affiliation School of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China

Chun-Fa Huang

Affiliation School of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China

Hwei-Ling Peng

gingting@mail.cmu.edu.tw (CTL); hlpeng@cc.nctu.edu.tw (HLP)

Affiliation Department of Biological Science and Technology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: CTL CCW HLP. Formal analysis: CTL THL HLP. Investigation: CTL THL CCW LW. Methodology: CTL THL LW CFH. Project administration: CTL HLP. Resources: CTL HLP. Supervision: CTL HLP. Validation: CTL CCW. Visualization: CTL CCW LW. Writing – original draft: CTL THL CCW. Writing – review & editing: CTL CCW THL HLP.