About the Authors

Ka-Ho Leung

Contributed equally to this work with: Ka-Ho Leung, Lihua Lu

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China

Lihua Lu

Contributed equally to this work with: Ka-Ho Leung, Lihua Lu

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China

Modi Wang

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China

Tsun-Yin Mak

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China

Daniel Shiu-Hin Chan

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China

Fung-Kit Tang

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China

Chung-Hang Leung

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao, China

Hiu-Yee Kwan

Affiliation Center for Cancer and Inflammation Research, School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China

Zhiling Yu

Affiliation Center for Cancer and Inflammation Research, School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China

Dik-Lung Ma

edmondma@hkbu.edu.hk

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DLM CHL. Performed the experiments: KHL LL MW TYM FKT HYK. Analyzed the data: KHL LL DSHC HYK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DLM CHL ZY. Wrote the paper: KHL DSHC. Directed the research: DLM CHL.