CORE Metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk

Provided by Elsevier - Publisher Connector

Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine

Editor in Chief

Lee-Yan Sheen Institute of Food Science and Technology, National University, Taiwan [email protected]

Managing Editor

Chia-Chi Huang Institute of Food Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taiwan [email protected]

Associate Editors Ching-Liang Hsieh Vishweshwaraiah Prakash China Medical University, Taiwan Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, Alberto Izzotti India University of Genoa, Italy Michael J. Rieder Yao-Haur Kuo The University of Western Ontario, National Research Institute of Chinese Medicine, Taiwan Canada David Y. Lee Taiichiro Seki Harvard Medical School, USA Nihon University, Japan Jaung-Geng Lin Yong-Sang Song China Medical University, Taiwan Seoul National University College of Medicine, John A. Milner South Korea Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, Jacqueline Whang-Peng The Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Medical University, Department of Agriculture (USDA), USA Taiwan

Honorary Editors Keji Chen Kuo-Hsiung Lee China Academy of Chinese Medical Science, China University of North Carolina, USA Yung-Chi Cheng Wen-Hwa Lee Yale University School of Medicine, USA , Taiwan Ru-Chih Chow Huang Leroy F. Liu Johns Hopkins University, USA Rutgers University, USA Edwin L. Cooper Gang Pei University of California, USA Tongji University, China Chi-Tang Ho Kwok-Fai So Rutgers University, USA The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Ka-Kit Hui Han-Dong Sun University of California, USA Chinese Academy of Sciences, China A. Douglas Kinghorn Che-Ming Teng The Ohio State University, USA National Taiwan University, Taiwan Sheng-Chu Kuo Yun Yen China Medical University, Taiwan Taipei Medical University, Taiwan

Advisory Board Members Bharat B. Aggarwal Yung-Hsien Chang The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, China Medical University, Taiwan USA Chieh-Fu Chen Rudolf Bauer Institute of Pharmacology, University of Graz, Austria National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan Kelvin Chan Shaw T. Chen University of Sydney, Australia Food and Drug Administration, USA Shilin Chen Tzu-Ming Pan Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, China National Taiwan University, Taiwan Paolo Roberti di Sarsina Pingfan Rao Observatory and Methods for Health, Fuzhou University, China University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy Fereidoon Shahidi Zigang Dong Memorial University of Newfoundland, University of Minnesota, USA Canada Tai-Ping Fan Ming-Shi Shiao University of Cambridge, UK Chang Gung University, Taiwan Masao Hattori Makoto Shimizu University of Toyama, Japan The University of Tokyo, Japan Chao A. Hsiung Ming-Jai Su National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan National Taiwan University, Taiwan Yi-Tsau Huang Young Joon Surh National Research Institute of Chinese Medicine, Seoul National University, South Korea Taiwan Yao Tong Lucy Sun Hwang The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong National Taiwan University, Taiwan Benjamin K. Tsang Zonglian Jin University of Ottawa, Canada Union University, China Paulus S. Wang Yeong Shik Kim National YangMing University, Taiwan Seoul National University, South Korea Ah-Ng Tony Kong Tian-Shung Wu Rutgers University, USA China Medical University, Taiwan Ping-Chung Leung Yang-Chang Wu The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong China Medical University, Taiwan Jaung-Geng Lin Haruki Yamada China Medical University, Taiwan Kitasato University, Japan Jiankang Liu Chung S. Yang Xi’an Jiaotong University, China Rutgers University, USA Liang Liu Ning-Sun Yang Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau Academia Sinica, Taiwan Toshihiko Osawa Zhong-Zhen Zhao Aichi Gakuin University, Japan Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong

Editorial Board Members

Yoshinori Asakawa Chiang-Ting Chien Tokushima Bunri University, Japan National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan Hen-Hong Chang Myung-Sook Choi Chang Gung University, Taiwan Kyungpook National University, South Korea Shang-Tzen Chang Malyn Chulasiri National Taiwan University, Taiwan Mahidol University, Thailand Yuan-Shiun Chang Raymond Cooper China Medical University, Taiwan PhytoScience, Inc., USA Chin-Ho Chen Win-Ping Den Duke University Medical Center, USA Taipei Medical University, Taiwan Daofeng Chen Marc Diederich Fudan University, China Seoul National University, South Korea Chin-Wen Chi Jose Dorea Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan University of Brasília, Brazil Been-Huang Chiang De-An Guo National Taiwan University, Taiwan Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Wenchang Chiang Xiao-Jiang Hao National Taiwan University, Taiwan Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Matthias Hamburger Chun-Ching Lin University of Basel, Switzerland Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan Wen-Chi Hou Bi-Fong Lin Taipei Medical University, Taiwan National Taiwan University, Taiwan Miao-Lin Hu Yun-Lian Lin National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan National Research Institute of Chinese Medicine, Taiwan Ching-Jang Huang Der-Zen Liu National Taiwan University, Taiwan Taipei Medical University, Taiwan Pung-Ling Huang Shing-Hwa Liu National Taiwan University, Taiwan National Taiwan University, Taiwan Rwei-Fen S. Huang Hong-Xiang Lou Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan Shangdong University, China Yao-Wen Huang Aiping Lu Department of Food Science and Technology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602 Yaguang Luo Yen-Con Hung United States Department of Agriculture, USA University of Georgia, USA Yutaka Matsuoka Wen Luan Hsiao Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Japan The Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau Jeng-Leun Mau Tsu-An Hsu National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan Adolf Nahrstedt Peter J. Hylands University of Münster, Germany King’s College London, UK Jun Nishihira -Li Ji Hokkaido Information University, Japan University of Minnesota, USA Nor Hayati Othman Ming-Ching Kao Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia China Medical University, Taiwan Min-Hsiung Pan Shung-Te Kao National Taiwan University, Taiwan China Medical University, Taiwan Wen-Harn Pan Hisanori Kato Academia Sinica, Taiwan The University of Tokyo, Japan Jung Han Yoon Park Teruo Kawada Hallym University, South Korea Kyoto University, Japan Luc Pieters Chia-Hua Kuo University of Antwerp, Belgium Taipei Physical Education College, Taiwan Catherine Poh Monique Lacroix University of British Columbia, Canada University of Quebec, Canada Javad Sharifi Rad Gi-Ming Lai Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Jin-Shin Lai P.O. Box 61615-585 Zabol, Iran National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan Guixing Ren Jung-Nien Lai Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China Institute of Traditional Medicine, Sven Schroeder National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan The University Medical Center Ching Lan Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany National Taiwan University, Taiwan Taiichiro Seki Shoei-Sheng Lee Department of Chemistry and Life Science, Nihon University National Taiwan University, Taiwan College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University Graduate I-Hsin Li School of Bioresource Sciences School of Post-baccalaureate Chinese Medicine Joen-Rong Sheu at Tzu Chi University, Tawain Taipei Medical University, Taiwan Zhaoping Li Lie-Fen Shyur UCLA, USA Academia Sinica, Taiwan Chong-Kuei Lii Veronika Somoza China Medical University, Taiwan University of Vienna, Austria Ta-Chen Su Ching-Chiung Wang National Taiwan University, Taiwan Taipei Medical University, Taiwan Kuan-Pin Su Man-Sau Wong China Medical University & Hospital TAIWAN The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Honorary Faculty of Institute of Psychiatry-King’s College London UK, Taiwan Rong-Tsun Wu National Yang Ming University, Taiwan Ian A. Sutherland Brunel University, UK Dan Xi National Institutes of Health, USA Wei-Zen Sun National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan Qihe Xu King’s College London, UK James P. Tam Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Yang Ye Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Chin-Chuan Tsai I-Shou University, Taiwan Mei-Ling Yeh Tung-Hu Tsai National Taipei University of Nursing and National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan Health Science, Taiwan Giuseppe Valacchi Gow-Chin Yen University of Ferrara, Italy National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan Sabaratnam Vikineswary Wallace Yokoyama University of Malaya, Malaysia United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), USA Chau-Jong Wang Yanyun Zhao Chung Shan Medical University, Taiwan Oregon State University, USA

Consultant

Lin-Huang Huang Nigel Wiseman Department of Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy, Taiwan Chang Gung University, Taiwan Yi-Tsau Huang Department of Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy, Taiwan