About the Authors

Kuo-Feng Hua

kfhua@niu.edu.tw

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology and Animal Science, National Ilan University, Ilan, Taiwan

Ju-Ching Chou

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology and Animal Science, National Ilan University, Ilan, Taiwan

Yulin Lam

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

Yu-Ling Tasi

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Life Science, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Ann Chen

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Shuk-Man Ka

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Aerospace and Undersea Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Zhanxiong Fang

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

May-Lan Liu

Affiliation Department of Nutritional Science, Toko University, Chiayi, Taiwan

Feng-Ling Yang

Affiliation Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Yu-Liang Yang

Affiliation Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Yi-Chich Chiu

Affiliation Department of Biomechatronic Engineering, National Ilan University, Ilan, Taiwan

Shih-Hsiung Wu

Affiliation Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KFH. Performed the experiments: JCC YLT. Analyzed the data: KFH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YL AC SMK ZF MLL FLY YLY YCC SHW. Wrote the manuscript: KFH.