About the Authors

Junxia Zheng

Affiliation Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, P. R. China

Hao Kong

Affiliation Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou, P. R. China

James M. Wilson

Affiliation Department of Drug Discovery, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Jialiang Guo

Affiliation Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou, P. R. China

Yiqun Chang

Affiliation Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou, P. R. China

Mengjia Yang

Affiliation Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou, P. R. China

Gaokeng Xiao

Affiliation Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou, P. R. China

Pinghua Sun

biochemdoctor@sina.com

Affiliations Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou, P. R. China, Department of Drug Discovery, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, United States of America, College of Pharmacy, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PS JZ JMW GX. Performed the experiments: JZ HK JMW YC. Analyzed the data: PS JZ YC MY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PS JG GX. Wrote the paper: PS JZ JMW.