About the Authors

Iswar Baitharu

Affiliations Department of Zoology, Guru Ghasidas Central University, Bilaspur, Chattishgarh, India, Department of Neurobiology, Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences, Defense Research Development Organisation, Timarpur, Delhi, India

Vishal Jain

Affiliation Department of Neurobiology, Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences, Defense Research Development Organisation, Timarpur, Delhi, India

Satya Narayan Deep

Affiliation Department of Neurobiology, Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences, Defense Research Development Organisation, Timarpur, Delhi, India

Sabita Shroff

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Sambalpur University, Burla, India

Jayanta Kumar Sahu

Affiliation Department of Life Science, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India

Pradeep Kumar Naik

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Guru Ghasidas Central University, Bilaspur, Chattishgarh, India

Govindasamy Ilavazhagan

govindasamyilavazhagan@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Research, Hindustan University, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GI IB. Performed the experiments: IB SND VJ JKS SS. Analyzed the data: GI IB PKN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SND IB GI VJ JKS SS. Wrote the paper: GI IB PKN.