About the Authors
- Jason K. Higa
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Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
- Zhibin Liang
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Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
- Philip G. Williams
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Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
- Jun Panee
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* E-mail: junchen@hawaii.edu
Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors maintain that there is no conflict of interest with regards to the cited patent (Chinese invention patent, CN1287848A). The patent belongs to Golden Basin Bio-Tech, and we have no ownership of their patent. The bamboo extract used in this study was donated to us by Golden Basin. We have no ownership or financial investment in Golden Basin, nor are receiving any remuneration or compensation from Golden Basin for our studies. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JKH JP. Performed the experiments: JKH ZL. Analyzed the data: JKH ZL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PW JP. Wrote the paper: JKH JP.