About the Authors

Hsuan-Ying Chen

Contributed equally to this work with: Hsuan-Ying Chen, Fu-Chou Cheng

Affiliations Department of Food and Nutrition, Providence University, Shalu District, Taichung, Taiwan, Stem Cell Center, Department of Medical Research, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Fu-Chou Cheng

Contributed equally to this work with: Hsuan-Ying Chen, Fu-Chou Cheng

Affiliations Stem Cell Center, Department of Medical Research, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Applied Chemistry, Providence University, Shalu District, Taichung, Taiwan

Huan-Chuan Pan

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Jaw-Cheng Hsu

Affiliation Department of Applied Cosmetology & Graduate Institute of Cosmetic Science, HungKuang University, Shalu District, Taichung, Taiwan

Ming-Fu Wang

vc1035@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Food and Nutrition, Providence University, Shalu District, Taichung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MFW FCC. Performed the experiments: HYC FCC. Analyzed the data: HYC FCC HCP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JCH. Wrote the paper: HYC FCC.