About the Authors

Jian Xiao

Contributed equally to this work with: Jian Xiao, Dan Chen

Affiliations Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China, Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China, Department of Pharmacy, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Dan Chen

Contributed equally to this work with: Jian Xiao, Dan Chen

Affiliations Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China, Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Xiu-Xian Lin

Affiliations Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China, Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Shi-Fang Peng

Affiliations Department of Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China, Health Management Center, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Mei-Fang Xiao

Affiliations Department of Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China, Health Management Center, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Wei-Hua Huang

Affiliations Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China, Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Yi-Cheng Wang

Affiliations Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China, Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Jing-Bo Peng

Affiliations Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China, Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Wei Zhang

Affiliations Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China, Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Dong-Sheng Ouyang

Affiliations Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China, Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Yao Chen

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Affiliations Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China, Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Competing Interests

Thanks to Zhejiang Hisun Pharmaceutical Company Limited (Zhejiang, China) for providing the Ginsenoside compound K. The pharmaceutical company didn't have a role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JX WHH YC. Performed the experiments: JX DC XXL YCW JBP YC. Analyzed the data: JX DC WZ YC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SFP MFX DSO YC. Wrote the paper: JX DC YC.