About the Authors

Ashraf Ul Kabir

ashraful_kabir@ymail.com

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Mehdi Bin Samad

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Arif Ahmed

‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Mohammad Rajib Jahan

‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Farjana Akhter

‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Jinat Tasnim

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

S. M. Nageeb Hasan

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Sania Sarker Sayfe

Affiliation Pharmacy Discipline, Life Science School, Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh

J. M. A. Hannan

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Carried out primary literature review: AUK MBS. Conducted experiments: AUK MBS JMAH. Helped to carry out the experiments: AA MRJ FA JT SMNH SSS. Carried out data analysis: AUK. Drafted the manuscript: MBS. Revised the preliminary manuscript: AUK AA MRJ FA JT SMNH SSS JMAH. Critically revised the manuscript: MBS. Provided overall supervision, coordinated all experimental activities, and initially approved the experimental protocols: JMAH.