About the Authors

Chandrika Murugaiah

chandri20@yahoo.co.uk

Affiliations School of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia, Newcastle University Medicine Malaysia (NUMed), Nusajaya, Johor, Malaysia

Nik Zuraina Nik Mohd Noor

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia

Shyamoli Mustafa

Affiliation School of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia

Ravichandran Manickam

Affiliation Department of Department of Biotechnology, AIMST University, Bedong, Kedah Darul Aman, Malaysia

Lalitha Pattabhiraman

Affiliation Department of Department of Biotechnology, AIMST University, Bedong, Kedah Darul Aman, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CM RM LP. Performed the experiments: CM NZNMN. Analyzed the data: CM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LP RM. Wrote the paper: CM SM. Final approval: RM LP SM NZNMN CM.