About the Authors

Li-Yun Lin

Contributed equally to this work with: Li-Yun Lin, Chiung-Chi Peng

Affiliation Department of Food And Applied Technology, Hungkuang University, Shalu County, Taichung City,Taiwan

Chiung-Chi Peng

Contributed equally to this work with: Li-Yun Lin, Chiung-Chi Peng

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

Yeh Chen

Affiliation Research Institute of Biotechnology, School of Medicine and Nursing, Hungkuang University, Sec. 6, Taiwan Boulevard, Shalu District, Taichung City, Taiwan

Boa-Chan Huang

Affiliation Department of Food And Applied Technology, Hungkuang University, Shalu County, Taichung City,Taiwan

Chun Chao Chang

ypeng@seed.net.tw (RYP); chunchao@tmu.edu.tw (CCC)

Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Robert Y. Peng

ypeng@seed.net.tw (RYP); chunchao@tmu.edu.tw (CCC)

Affiliations Research Institute of Biotechnology, School of Medicine and Nursing, Hungkuang University, Sec. 6, Taiwan Boulevard, Shalu District, Taichung City, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Taipei Medical University, Xin-Yi District, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: RYP. Data curation: B-CH RYP. Formal analysis: B-CH YC. Funding acquisition: L-YL C-CP. Investigation: C-CC B-CH. Methodology: RYP L-YL B-CH. Project administration: L-YL C-CP. Resources: L-YL C-CP. Software: C-CP YC B-CH. Supervision: L-YL RYP. Validation: C-CC. Visualization: YC B-CH. Writing – original draft: RYP. Writing – review & editing: RYP.