About the Authors

Shahram Golbabapour

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Institute of Biological Science, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Nura Suleiman Gwaram

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Pouya Hassandarvish

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Maryam Hajrezaie

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Institute of Biological Science, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Behnam Kamalidehghan

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Mahmood Ameen Abdulla

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Hapipah Mohd Ali

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

A. Hamid A Hadi

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Nazia Abdul Majid

nazia@um.edu.my

Affiliation Institute of Biological Science, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SG MAA NAM. Performed the experiments: SG MH PH NSG BK. Analyzed the data: SG NSG NAM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SG NSG BK AHAH HMA. Wrote the paper: SG NAM NSG.