About the Authors

Chien-Chih Chiu

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Jo-Wen Haung

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Science and Environmental Biology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Fang-Rong Chang

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Natural Products, College of Pharmacy, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Kuang-Jing Huang

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Science and Environmental Biology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Hsuan-Min Huang

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Science and Environmental Biology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Hurng-Wern Huang

Affiliation Institute of Biomedical Science, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Chon-Kit Chou

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Yang-Chang Wu

yachwu@mail.cmu.edu.tw (Y-CW); changhw@kmu.edu.tw (H-WC)

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Natural Products, College of Pharmacy, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Chinese Medicine, College of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Natural Medicinal Products Research Center and Center of Molecular Cancer, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Hsueh-Wei Chang

yachwu@mail.cmu.edu.tw (Y-CW); changhw@kmu.edu.tw (H-WC)

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Science and Environmental Biology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Natural Products, College of Pharmacy, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Cancer Center, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: Y-CW H-WC. Performed the experiments: J-WH K-JH H-MH C-KC. Analyzed the data: C-CC H-WH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: F-RC Y-CW. Wrote the paper: C-CC H-WC.