About the Authors

Yen-An Tang

Affiliation Institute of Basic Medical Science, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Wei-Ling Wen

Affiliation Department of Life Science, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Jer-Wei Chang

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Tzi-Tang Wei

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Yi-Hung Carol Tan

Affiliation Department of Life Science, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Santosh Salunke

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Chien-Tien Chen

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Republic of China

Ching-Shih Chen

Affiliation Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Yi-Ching Wang

ycw5798@mail.ncku.edu.tw

Affiliations Institute of Basic Medical Science, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China, Department of Pharmacology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YAT YCW. Performed the experiments: YAT WLW JWC TTW YHCT. Analyzed the data: YAT WLW JWC TTW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SS CTC CSC. Wrote the paper: YAT YCW.