About the Authors

Zongsuo Liang

Contributed equally to this work with: Zongsuo Liang, Yini Ma

Affiliation College of Life Science of Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, China

Yini Ma

Contributed equally to this work with: Zongsuo Liang, Yini Ma

Affiliation College of Life Science of Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, China

Tao Xu

Affiliation College of Life Science of Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, China

Beimi Cui

Affiliation College of Life Science of Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China

Yan Liu

Affiliation Tianjin Tasly Modern TCM Resources Co., Ltd., Tianjin, China

Zhixin Guo

Affiliation Tasly Institute, Tianjin, China

Dongfeng Yang

ydf807@163.com

Affiliation College of Life Science of Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, China

Competing Interests

Yan Liu is employed by Tasly Modern TCM Resources Co., Ltd. Zhi-Xin Guo is employed by Tasly Institute. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZL DY BC. Performed the experiments: DY YM BC. Analyzed the data: DY TX BC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZL YL ZG. Wrote the paper: ZL DY BC.