About the Authors

Zhong Rong Zhang

Contributed equally to this work with: Zhong Rong Zhang, Mazen Al Zaharna

Affiliation Research Group for Bioactive Products, Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Mazen Al Zaharna

Contributed equally to this work with: Zhong Rong Zhang, Mazen Al Zaharna

Affiliation Research Group for Bioactive Products, Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Matthew Man-Kin Wong

Affiliation Research Group for Bioactive Products, Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Sung-Kay Chiu

Affiliation Research Group for Bioactive Products, Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Hon-Yeung Cheung

bhhonyun@cityu.edu.hk

Affiliation Research Group for Bioactive Products, Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZRZ HYC. Performed the experiments: ZRZ MAZ MMKW. Analyzed the data: SKC ZRZ MAZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SKC HYC. Wrote the paper: ZRZ SKC HYC.