About the Authors
- Chung Yeng Looi
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* E-mail: looicy@um.edu.my
Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Aditya Arya
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Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Foo Kit Cheah
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Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Bushra Muharram
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Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Kok Hoong Leong
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Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Khalit Mohamad
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Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Won Fen Wong
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Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Nitika Rai
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Affiliation Amritum Bio-Botanica Herbs Research Laboratory Pvt. Ltd., Jogli, India
- Mohd Rais Mustafa
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Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Competing Interests
The authors declare that all individuals named as authors in this manuscript have no competing interests, including Nitika Rai from Amritum Bio-Botanica Herbs Research Laboratory Pvt Ltd, Jogli, India. Nitika Rai is the CEO of Amritum Bio-Botanica Herbs Research Laboratory Pvt. Ltd., Jogli, India. The isolated compound, vernodalin is not patented, in development or marketed by the company. Dr. Aditya Arya was a former employee of Amritum Bio-Botanica Herbs Research Laboratory Pvt Ltd until 2007. At present, he does not hold any position or shares in this company. Thus, this does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: CYL MRM. Performed the experiments: CYL FKC BM KHL. Analyzed the data: CYL BM WFW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AA KM NR. Wrote the paper: CYL WFW.