About the Authors

Phurpa Wangchuk

phurpa.wangchuk@jcu.edu.au

Affiliation Centre for Biodiscovery and Molecular Development of Therapeutics, Queensland Tropical Health Alliance, Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Cairns Campus, Cairns, Australia

Mark S. Pearson

Affiliation Centre for Biodiscovery and Molecular Development of Therapeutics, Queensland Tropical Health Alliance, Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Cairns Campus, Cairns, Australia

Paul R. Giacomin

Affiliation Centre for Biodiscovery and Molecular Development of Therapeutics, Queensland Tropical Health Alliance, Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Cairns Campus, Cairns, Australia

Luke Becker

Affiliation Centre for Biodiscovery and Molecular Development of Therapeutics, Queensland Tropical Health Alliance, Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Cairns Campus, Cairns, Australia

Javier Sotillo

Affiliation Centre for Biodiscovery and Molecular Development of Therapeutics, Queensland Tropical Health Alliance, Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Cairns Campus, Cairns, Australia

Darren Pickering

Affiliation Centre for Biodiscovery and Molecular Development of Therapeutics, Queensland Tropical Health Alliance, Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Cairns Campus, Cairns, Australia

Michael J. Smout

Contributed equally to this work with: Michael J. Smout, Alex Loukas

Affiliation Centre for Biodiscovery and Molecular Development of Therapeutics, Queensland Tropical Health Alliance, Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Cairns Campus, Cairns, Australia

Alex Loukas

Contributed equally to this work with: Michael J. Smout, Alex Loukas

Affiliation Centre for Biodiscovery and Molecular Development of Therapeutics, Queensland Tropical Health Alliance, Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Cairns Campus, Cairns, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PW MJS AL. Performed the experiments: PW MJS MSP PRG DP LB. Analyzed the data: PW MJS AL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JS. Wrote the paper: PW MJS JS AL. Obtained the medicinal plants from Bhutan with prior material transfer agreement signed with National Biodiversity Centre of Bhutan: PW.