About the Authors

Kiril L. Hristov

Affiliation Department of Drug Discovery and Biomedical Sciences, South Carolina College of Pharmacy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America

Serge A. Y. Afeli

Affiliation Department of Drug Discovery and Biomedical Sciences, South Carolina College of Pharmacy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America

Shankar P. Parajuli

Affiliation Department of Drug Discovery and Biomedical Sciences, South Carolina College of Pharmacy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America

Qiuping Cheng

Affiliation Department of Drug Discovery and Biomedical Sciences, South Carolina College of Pharmacy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America

Eric S. Rovner

Affiliation Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Georgi V. Petkov

petkov@cop.sc.edu

Affiliations Department of Drug Discovery and Biomedical Sciences, South Carolina College of Pharmacy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GVP. Performed the experiments: KLH SAYA SPP QC GVP. Analyzed the data: KLH SAYA SPP QC GVP. Wrote the paper: KLH SAYA ESR GVP.