About the Authors

Jia Liu

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft

‡ JL and SJS have equally contributed to this work and share first authorship.

Affiliations Hebei University of Chinese Medicine, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China, Hebei Academy of Chinese Medicine Sciences, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China, Hebei Key Laboratory of Turbidity, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China

Shu-Jie Sun

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software

‡ JL and SJS have equally contributed to this work and share first authorship.

Affiliation Hebei University of Chinese Medicine, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China

Ye Lu

Roles Formal analysis, Software, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Hebei Academy of Chinese Medicine Sciences, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China, Hebei Key Laboratory of Turbidity, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China

Xin Ping

Roles Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Hebei University of Chinese Medicine, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China, Hebei Academy of Chinese Medicine Sciences, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China, Hebei Key Laboratory of Turbidity, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China

Wan Zhang

Roles Project administration, Supervision

peilin13831190309@126.com (LP); 18631165225@163.com (WZ)

Affiliation Renmin University of China, Beijing, China

Lin Pei

Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

peilin13831190309@126.com (LP); 18631165225@163.com (WZ)

Affiliations Hebei University of Chinese Medicine, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China, Hebei Academy of Chinese Medicine Sciences, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China, Hebei Key Laboratory of Turbidity, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.