Correction to: Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-30597-1, published online 15 August 2018

This Article contains a typographical error in the Conclusion section,

“Moreover, a longer plasma treatment time increased the concentration of H2O2 and the total amount of NO2 and NO3.”

should read:

“Moreover, a longer plasma treatment time increased the concentration of H2O2 and the total amount of NO2 and NO3.”

In addition, the Acknowledgements section in this Article is incomplete.

“The authors would like to thank the financial support of the Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan (Grant No. MOST-104-2221-E-009-150-MY3) and National Chiao Tung University (Grant No. HCH104-015). We would also like to thank the Pathology Core Laboratory of the National Health Research Institutes (NHRI) of Taiwan and Dr. Cher-Wei Liang of Department of Pathology, Fu Jen Catholic University Hospital and Fu Jen Catholic University College of Medicine of Taiwan for helpful discussion during the research.”

should read:

“The authors would like to thank the financial support of the Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan (Grant No. MOST-104-2221-E-009-150-MY3 and MOST-107-2221-E-009-072-MY3) and National Chiao Tung University (Grant No. HCH104-015). We would also like to thank the Pathology Core Laboratory of the National Health Research Institutes (NHRI) of Taiwan and Dr. Cher-Wei Liang of Department of Pathology, Fu Jen Catholic University Hospital and Fu Jen Catholic University College of Medicine of Taiwan for helpful discussion during the research.”