About the Authors

Guiyuan Ji

Affiliations Guangdong Provincial Institute of Public Health, Guangzhou, China, Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, China, Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

Yupei Zhang

Affiliation Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Medical College of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China

Qinhe Yang

Affiliation Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Medical College of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China

Shaobin Cheng

Affiliation Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Medical College of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China

Jing Hao

Affiliation Guangxi Botanical Garden of Medicinal Plant, Nanning, China

Xihong Zhao

Affiliation Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Process of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Pharmacy, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan, China

Zhuoqin Jiang

jiangzhq@mail.sysu.edu.cn

Affiliation Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZJ QY. Performed the experiments: GJ JH YZ SC. Analyzed the data: XZ SC YZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: QY YZ XZ SC JH. Wrote the paper: GJ QY. Helped amend the paper: ZJ.