Acknowledgement
This research was supported by grants of the 'Construction of Scientific Evidence for Herbal Medicine Formulas (K17251)' and 'Construction of Safety and Efficacy for Traditional Herbal Prescriptions of Medicinal Institution (KSN2013310)' projects from the Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (KIOM), Republic of Korea. We would like to thank the Korea Institute of Toxicology (KIT) for providing animal care facility for the study.
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