About the Authors

Jang-Gi Choi

Affiliations Department of Oriental Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Wonkwang University, Wonkwang Oriental Medicines Research Institute, Institute of Biotechnology, Jeonbuk, Korea, Center of Excellence in Infectious Disease Research, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, Texas, United States of America

Su-Hyun Mun

Affiliation BK21 Plus Team, Professional Graduate School of Oriental Medicine, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Jeonbuk, Republic of Korea

Harendra S. Chahar

Affiliation Center of Excellence in Infectious Disease Research, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, Texas, United States of America

Preeti Bharaj

Affiliation Center of Excellence in Infectious Disease Research, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, Texas, United States of America

Ok-Hwa Kang

Affiliation Department of Oriental Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Wonkwang University, Wonkwang Oriental Medicines Research Institute, Institute of Biotechnology, Jeonbuk, Korea

Se-Gun Kim

Affiliation Department of Oriental Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Wonkwang University, Wonkwang Oriental Medicines Research Institute, Institute of Biotechnology, Jeonbuk, Korea

Dong-Won Shin

Affiliation Department of Oriental Medicine Resources, Sunchon National University, Jeonnam, Republic of Korea

Dong-Yeul Kwon

sssimi@wku.ac.kr

Affiliation Department of Oriental Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Wonkwang University, Wonkwang Oriental Medicines Research Institute, Institute of Biotechnology, Jeonbuk, Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JC DK. Performed the experiments: JC SM OK SK DK. Analyzed the data: JC HC PB DS DK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JC DK. Wrote the paper: JC DK.