About the Authors

Hui-Min Wang

Affiliations Department of Fragrance and Cosmetic Science, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Natural Products, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Yi-Ting Chou

Affiliations Department of Fragrance and Cosmetic Science, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Zhi-Hong Wen

Affiliation Department of Marine Biotechnology and Resources, Asia-Pacific Ocean Research Center, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Zhao-Ren Wang

Affiliations Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Orthopaedic Research Center, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Chun-Hong Chen

Affiliation Department of Marine Biotechnology and Resources, Asia-Pacific Ocean Research Center, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Mei-Ling Ho

homelin@cc.kmu.edu.tw

Affiliations Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Orthopaedic Research Center, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HMW YTC ZHW CHC. Performed the experiments: HMW YTC ZHW CHC. Analyzed the data: HMW YTC ZHW ZRW CHC MLH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HMW YTC ZHW CHC. Wrote the paper: HMW YTC ZHW ZRW CHC MLH.