About the Authors

Ganeshan Sivanandhan

gsivabdu@gmail.com (GS); manickbiotech@gmail.com (MM)

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India

Natesan Selvaraj

Affiliation Govt. Arts College, Kulithalai, Tamil Nadu, India

Andy Ganapathi

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India

Markandan Manickavasagam

gsivabdu@gmail.com (GS); manickbiotech@gmail.com (MM)

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MM NS. Performed the experiments: GS. Analyzed the data: GS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GS. Wrote the paper: GS. Instructed the experiment: AG. HPLC analysis: GS.