About the Authors

Patricia Melo Aguiar

aguiar.pm@usp.br; patyaguiar14@hotmail.com

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Giselle de Carvalho Brito

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, Federal University of Sergipe, São Cristóvão, Sergipe, Brazil

Tácio de Mendonça Lima

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Ana Patrícia Alves Lima Santos

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, Federal University of Sergipe, São Cristóvão, Sergipe, Brazil

Divaldo Pereira Lyra Jr

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, Federal University of Sergipe, São Cristóvão, Sergipe, Brazil

Sílvia Storpirtis

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PMA GCB DPL SS. Performed the experiments: PMA GCB TML. Analyzed the data: PMA GCB TML. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PMA GCB TML APALS DPL SS. Wrote the paper: PMA GCB SS.