About the Authors

Siew-Li Lai

Affiliation Centre of Natural Products & Drug Discovery (CENAR), Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Shiau-Chuen Cheah

Affiliation Centre of Natural Products & Drug Discovery (CENAR), Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Pooi-Fong Wong

Affiliation Centre of Natural Products & Drug Discovery (CENAR), Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Suzita Mohd Noor

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Mohd Rais Mustafa

rais@um.edu.my

Affiliation Centre of Natural Products & Drug Discovery (CENAR), Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SLL SCC PFW SMN MRM. Performed the experiments: SLL. Analyzed the data: SLL PFW SCC SMN MRM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SCC MRM. Wrote the paper: SLL.