About the Authors

James S. McLay

j.mclay@abdn.ac.uk

Affiliation The Division of Applied Health Sciences, The University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, AB25 2ZD

Abdul R. Pallivalappila

Affiliation Pharmacy Department, Women's Hospital-HMC, Doha, Qatar

Ashalatha Shetty

Affiliation The Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, AB25 2ZD

Binita Pande

Affiliation The Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, NHS Tayside, Dundee, United Kingdom, DD1 9SY

Moza Al Hail

Affiliation Hamad Medical Corporation, Post Box – 3050, Doha, Qatar

Derek Stewart

Affiliation School of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, AB10 7GJ

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JSM DS ARP AS BP MAH. Performed the experiments: ARP AS BP JSM. Analyzed the data: ARP DS JSM AS BP MAH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JSM DS ARP BP AS. Wrote the paper: JSM DS ARP AS BP MAH.