About the Authors

Wei-Kai Hua

Affiliation Institute of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Yuan-I Chang

Affiliation Institute of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Chao-Ling Yao

Affiliation Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Yuan Ze University, Chung-Li, Taiwan

Shiaw-Min Hwang

Affiliation Bioresource Collection and Research Center, Food Industry Research and Development Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan

Chung-Yi Chang

Affiliation Heart Center, Cheng Hsin General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Wey-Jinq Lin

wjlin@ym.edu.tw

Affiliation Institute of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WJL WKH. Performed the experiments: WKH YIC. Analyzed the data: WJL CYC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CLY SMH CYC. Wrote the paper: WJL WKH.