About the Authors

Li-Ping Bai

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, and Macau Institute for Applied Research in Medicine and Health, Macau University of Science and Technology, Taipa, Macau, School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Hing-Man Ho

Affiliation School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Dik-Lung Ma

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Hui Yang

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Wai-Chung Fu

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Zhi-Hong Jiang

zhjiang@must.edu.mo

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, and Macau Institute for Applied Research in Medicine and Health, Macau University of Science and Technology, Taipa, Macau

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conducted molecular modeling: DLM HY WCF. Conceived and designed the experiments: ZHJ LPB. Performed the experiments: LPB HMH. Analyzed the data: LPB. Wrote the paper: LPB ZHJ.