About the Authors

Siang Hui Lim

Affiliations Drug Discovery Laboratory, Cancer Research Initiatives Foundation (CARIF), Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia, Department of Pharmacy, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Liangxing Wu

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Lik Voon Kiew

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

Lip Yong Chung

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Kevin Burgess

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Hong Boon Lee

hongboon.lee@carif.com.my

Affiliation Drug Discovery Laboratory, Cancer Research Initiatives Foundation (CARIF), Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SHL HBL LYC. Performed the experiments: SHL LW. Analyzed the data: SHL LVK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HBL KB LVK LYC. Wrote the paper: SHL KB HBL.