About the Authors

Chun-Chi Wu

Contributed equally to this work with: Chun-Chi Wu, Keh-Feng Huang

Affiliations Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC, Department of Medical Research, Chung-Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC

Keh-Feng Huang

Contributed equally to this work with: Chun-Chi Wu, Keh-Feng Huang

Affiliation Department of Applied Chemistry, Providence University, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC

Tsung-Ying Yang

Affiliations Division of Chest Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

Ya-Ling Li

Affiliation Department of Medical Research, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC

Chi-Luan Wen

Affiliation Taiwan Seed Improvement and Propagation Station, Council of Agriculture, Propagation Technology Section, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC

Shih-Lan Hsu

Affiliation Department of Medical Research, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC

Tzu-Hsiu Chen

hsiu@mail.cnu.edu.tw

Affiliation Department of Health and Nutrition, Chia Nan University of Pharmacy & Science, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CCW SLH THC. Performed the experiments: CCW YLL. Analyzed the data: CCW SLH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KFH TYY CLW SLH. Wrote the paper: CCW SLH THC. Funding offer: TYY SLH.