About the Authors

Ming-Jyh Sheu

Contributed equally to this work with: Ming-Jyh Sheu, Yu-Ning Teng

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Yu-Ning Teng

Contributed equally to this work with: Ming-Jyh Sheu, Yu-Ning Teng

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Ying-Yi Chen

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Chin-Chuan Hung

cc0206hung@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Pharmacy, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The A. cinnamomea used in this study was a kind gift from Cosmox Biomedical Co., Ltd. (Taoyuan, Taiwan). This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YNT CCH. Performed the experiments: YNT CCH. Analyzed the data: YNT CCH YYC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MJS YYC. Wrote the paper: MJS YNT YYC CCH.