About the Authors

Debbie Ann Loh

debbieloh@siswa.um.edu.my

Affiliation Julius Centre University of Malaya, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Foong Ming Moy

Affiliation Julius Centre University of Malaya, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Nur Lisa Zaharan

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

Zahurin Mohamed

Affiliation 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: DAL FMM. Performed the experiments: DAL. Analyzed the data: DAL FMM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DAL FMM NLZ ZM. Wrote the manuscript: DAL FMM NLZ ZM. Approved the final draft: DAL FMM NLZ ZM.