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Affiliations

• 1 Graduate Institute of Marine Biology, National Dong Hwa University, Pingtung 944, Taiwan; National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Pingtung 944, Taiwan.
• 2 Medicine Department, Zuoying Branch of Kaohsiung Armed Forces General Hospital, Kaohsiung 833, Taiwan.
• 3 Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Armed Forces General Hospital, Kaohsiung 802, Taiwan; Department of Neurological Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 114, Taiwan.
• 4 Department of Marine Biotechnology and Resources, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 804, Taiwan.
• 5 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung 813, Taiwan; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei 112, Taiwan; Department of Pharmacy and Graduate Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology, Tajen University, Pingtung 907, Taiwan.
• 6 Department of Marine Biotechnology and Resources, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 804, Taiwan; Doctoral Degree Program of Marine Biotechnology, National Sun Yat-sen University and Academia Sinica, Kaohsiung 804, Taiwan.
• 7 National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Pingtung 944, Taiwan.
• 8 National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Pingtung 944, Taiwan; Doctoral Degree Program of Marine Biotechnology, National Sun Yat-sen University and Academia Sinica, Kaohsiung 804, Taiwan.
• 9 National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Pingtung 944, Taiwan; Department of Life Science and Institute of Biotechnology, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien 974, Taiwan.
• 10 Department of Sport, Health and Leisure, Cheng Shiu University, Kaohsiung 833, Taiwan.
• 11 Department of Pharmacy and Graduate Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology, Tajen University, Pingtung 907, Taiwan.
• 12 Chinese Medicine Research and Development Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung 404, Taiwan.
• 13 Chinese Medicine Research and Development Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung 404, Taiwan; School of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, China Medical University, Taichung 404, Taiwan; Center for Molecular Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung 404, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Natural Products, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan. Electronic address: yachwu@mail.cmu.edu.tw.
• 14 Graduate Institute of Marine Biology, National Dong Hwa University, Pingtung 944, Taiwan; National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Pingtung 944, Taiwan; Department of Marine Biotechnology and Resources, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 804, Taiwan; Chinese Medicine Research and Development Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung 404, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Natural Products, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan. Electronic address: pjsung@nmmba.gov.tw.