About the Authors

Tannaza Batool

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan

Nasir Rasool

nasirrasool@gcuf.edu.pk (NR); hawazej@gmail.com (HJ)

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan

Yasmeen Gull

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan

Mnaza Noreen

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan

Faiz-ul-Hassan Nasim

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan

Asma Yaqoob

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan

Muhammad Zubair

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan

Usman Ali Rana

Affiliation Deanship of scientific research, College of Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Salah Ud-Din Khan

Affiliation Deanship of scientific research, College of Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

M. Zia-Ul-Haq

Affiliation The Patent Office, Karachi, Pakistan

Hawa Z. E. Jaafar

nasirrasool@gcuf.edu.pk (NR); hawazej@gmail.com (HJ)

Affiliation Department of Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NR FN MZ. Performed the experiments: TB YG MN AY. Analyzed the data: UAR SUK MZH. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: MZH HZEJ.