Funding for this research was provided by:
National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2016R1D1A1B01009729, NRF-2016R1D1A1B01009729, NRF-2016R1D1A1B01009729, NRF-2016R1D1A1B01009729)
Article History
Received: 24 June 2021
Accepted: 12 August 2022
First Online: 2 September 2022
Declarations
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: The care and treatment of the animals were conducted according to Incheon National University’s guidelines for the Ethical Treatment of Laboratory Animals and were approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of Incheon National University (INU-ANIM-2018–10).<i>Alpinia officinarum</i> rhizome (Chinese origin) was collected and authenticated by a botanist at Korea Plant Extract Bank (KPEB; , Daejeon, Korea), where the voucher specimen was deposited (Reference number: CW02-002).The study is reported in accordance with ARRIVE guidelines.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no potential conflicts of interest.