About the Authors

Pei-Chun Chen

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Mirian A. F. Hayashi

Affiliation Departamento de Farmacologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Eduardo Brandt Oliveira

Affiliation Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

Richard L. Karpel

karpel@umbc.edu

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RK MH EBO. Performed the experiments: P-CC. Analyzed the data: P-CC RK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EBO MH. Wrote the paper: RK MH EBO.