About the Authors

Hui-Yeng Y. Yap

yean_ny_nie@yahoo.com

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Yit-Heng Chooi

Affiliation School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia

Shin-Yee Fung

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Szu-Ting Ng

Affiliation Ligno Biotech Sdn. Bhd., Balakong Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia

Chon-Seng Tan

Affiliation Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI), Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

Nget-Hong Tan

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Competing Interests

As co-author S-TN is affiliated with Ligno Biotech Sdn. Bhd., which commercialized the tiger milk mushroom, the authors hereby declare that this does not alter their adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: N-HT C-ST S-YF S-TN. Performed the experiments: H-YYY. Analyzed the data: H-YYY Y-HC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: N-HT C-ST S-YF S-TN. Wrote the paper: H-YYY Y-HC N-HT S-YF.