About the Authors

Elaine Sciuniti Benites Mansano

Affiliation Department of Morphological Sciences, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil

Gutierrez Rodrigues de Morais

Affiliation Department of Physics, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil

Edilaine Martins Moratto

Affiliation Department of Morphological Sciences, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil

Francielle Sato

fsato@uem.br

Affiliation Department of Physics, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil

Antonio Medina Neto

Affiliation Department of Physics, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil

Terezinha Ines Estivalet Svidzinski

Affiliation Department of Clinical Analysis and Biomedicine, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil

Mauro Luciano Baesso

Affiliation Department of Physics, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil

Luzmarina Hernandes

Affiliation Department of Morphological Sciences, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LH TIES MLB. Performed the experiments: GRM ESBM EMM. Analyzed the data: AMN FS LH ESBM GRM EMM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LH MLB TIES. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: LH ESBM FS AMN MLB.