TABLE 1.

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) extracts used in this study.

Scientific name	Common name	Family	Part of plant used	Batch number	Amount of plant used (g)	Extract amount/yield
Achyranthes bidentata blume	Niu Xi, ox-knee	Amaranthaceae	Root	V-22581-W-00	20	5.58 g/27.9%
Astragalus membranaceus (Fisch.) bunge	Huang Qi, milkvetch	Leguminosae	Root	V-22577-W-00	20	1.66 g/8.3%
Cuscuta chinensis Lam	Tu Si Zi, Chinese dodder	Convolvulaceae	Seeds	V-22579-W-00	20	0.93 g/4.7%
Eucommia ulmoides Oliv	Du Zhong, Chinese rubber tree	Eucommiaceae	Bark	V-22582-W-00	20	1.93 g/9.7%
Ligustrum lucidum W. T. Aiton	Nu Zhen Zi, glossy privet	Oleaceae	Fruit	V-22580-W-00	20	2.24 g/11.2%
Poria cocos (Schw.) Wolf	Fu Ling, Hoelen	Polyporaceae	Fruiting body	V-22587-W-00	20	0.24 g/1.2%
Schisandra chinensis (Turcz.) Baill	Wu Wei Zi, magnolia vine	Schisandraceae	Fruit	V-22584-W-00	20	9.12 g/45.6%