About the Authors

Kalathookunnel Antony Antu

Affiliation Agroprocessing and Natural Products Division, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (CSIR-NIIST), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

Mariam Philip Riya

Affiliation Agroprocessing and Natural Products Division, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (CSIR-NIIST), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

Arvind Mishra

Affiliation Division of Biochemistry, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Central Drug Research Institute (CSIR-CDRI), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Karunakaran S. Anilkumar

Affiliation Medicinal Chemistry Division, CSIR-CDRI, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Chandrasekharan K. Chandrakanth

Affiliation Agroprocessing and Natural Products Division, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (CSIR-NIIST), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

Akhilesh K. Tamrakar

Affiliation Division of Pharmacology, CSIR-CDRI, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Arvind K. Srivastava

Affiliation Division of Biochemistry, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Central Drug Research Institute (CSIR-CDRI), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

K. Gopalan Raghu

raghukgopal2009@rediffmail.com

Affiliation Agroprocessing and Natural Products Division, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (CSIR-NIIST), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KGR. Performed the experiments: KAA MPR AM CKC AKT. Analyzed the data: KAA KSA CKC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AKT. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: KAA. Designed the in vivo experiments: AKS. Revised the manuscript critically for important intellectual content: KGR.