About the Authors

Juliana C. Barreiro

Contributed equally to this work with: Juliana C. Barreiro, Quezia B. Cass, Tiago Venâncio

juliana.barreiro@gmail.com

Current address: Chemistry Institute of São Carlos, University of São Paulo, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Federal University of São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil

Márcio W. Paixão

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Federal University of São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil

Tiago C. Lourenço

Affiliation Scientific Director of Apex Science, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

Quezia B. Cass

Contributed equally to this work with: Juliana C. Barreiro, Quezia B. Cass, Tiago Venâncio

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Federal University of São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil

Tiago Venâncio

Contributed equally to this work with: Juliana C. Barreiro, Quezia B. Cass, Tiago Venâncio

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Federal University of São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

Co-author Tiago C. Lourenço is employed by Apex Science, a commercial company. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: JCB QBC TV. Data curation: JCB TCL TV. Formal analysis: JCB TCL TV. Funding acquisition: JCB MWP QBC TV. Investigation: JCB TCL QBC TV. Methodology: JCB TCL TV. Project administration: JCB QBC TV. Resources: MWP QBC TV. Supervision: QBC TV. Validation: JCB TCL QBC TV. Writing – original draft: JCB QBC TV. Writing – review & editing: JCB QBC.