About the Authors

Yang Hee Jo

Affiliation College of Pharmacy, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Chungbuk, Republic of Korea

Seon Beom Kim

Affiliation College of Pharmacy, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Chungbuk, Republic of Korea

Qing Liu

Affiliation College of Pharmacy, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Chungbuk, Republic of Korea

Seon-Gil Do

Affiliation Wellness R&D Center, Univera, Inc., Seoul, Republic of Korea

Bang Yeon Hwang

Affiliation College of Pharmacy, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Chungbuk, Republic of Korea

Mi Kyeong Lee

mklee@chungbuk.ac.kr

Affiliation College of Pharmacy, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Chungbuk, Republic of Korea

Competing Interests

The author [SGD] is an employee and shareholder of the company Univera. [SGD] contributed to this work by designing the experiment and conducting data analysis. Univera did not have any additional role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: YHJ SGD MKL. Formal analysis: YHJ SGD SBK QL BYH MKL. Funding acquisition: MKL. Investigation: YHJ SGD BYH MKL. Methodology: YHJ SBK QL. Project administration: MKL. Supervision: MKL. Validation: YHJ SGD SBK QL BYH MKL. Writing – original draft: YHJ MKL. Writing – review & editing: YHJ MKL.