About the Authors

Tzu-Chun Cheng

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Ching-Shu Lai

Affiliation Institute of Food Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Min-Ching Chung

Affiliation Institute of Food Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Nagabhushanam Kalyanam

Affiliation Sabinsa Corporation, East Windsor, New Jersey, United States of America

Muhammed Majeed

Affiliation Sabinsa Corporation, East Windsor, New Jersey, United States of America

Chi-Tang Ho

Affiliation Department of Food Science, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Yuan-Soon Ho

hoyuansn@tmu.edu.tw (YSH); mhpan@ntu.edu.tw (MHP)

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Min-Hsiung Pan

hoyuansn@tmu.edu.tw (YSH); mhpan@ntu.edu.tw (MHP)

Affiliations Institute of Food Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

NK and MM are employees of Sabinsa Corporation. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MHP YSH. Performed the experiments: TCC CSL MCC. Analyzed the data: TCC YSH MHP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NK MM CTH. Wrote the paper: TCC YSH MHP. Provide chemical: CTH.