About the Authors

Huey-Lan Huang

Affiliation Department of Bioscience Technology, College of Health Science, Chang Jung Christian University, Tainan, Taiwan

Yu-Chieh Chen

Affiliation Department of Bioscience Technology, College of Health Science, Chang Jung Christian University, Tainan, Taiwan

Yu-Chuen Huang

Affiliations Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Chinese Medical Science, College of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Kai-Chien Yang

Affiliation Department of Medical Research, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Hsin yi Pan

Affiliation Department of Bioscience Technology, College of Health Science, Chang Jung Christian University, Tainan, Taiwan

Shou-Ping Shih

Affiliation Department of Bioscience Technology, College of Health Science, Chang Jung Christian University, Tainan, Taiwan

Yu-Jen Chen

chenmdphd@yahoo.com

Affiliations Department of Medical Research, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Radiation Oncology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Traditional Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Pharmacology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HH YJC. Performed the experiments: HH YCC KY HP SS. Analyzed the data: HH YCC YH KY HP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HH YH YJC. Wrote the paper: HH YJC.