About the Authors

Mohamed G. Qaddoumi

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait

Kethireddy V. V. Ananthalakshmi

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait

Oludotun A. Phillips

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait

Ivan O. Edafiogho

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Saint Joseph, Hartford, Connecticut, United States of America

Samuel B. Kombian

kombian@hsc.edu.kw

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SBK IOE OAP MGQ. Performed the experiments: IOE KVVA MGQ. Analyzed the data: KVVA MGQ SBK OAP IOE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IOE OAP. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: SBK MGQ IOE OAP KVVA. Designed and synthesized compounds: IOE OAP KVVA. Performed electrophysiogical recording: KVVA SBK. In vivo experiments: KVVA MGQ.