About the Authors

Heyam Mohamed Ali Sidahmed

Diamondhm@hotmail.com

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Najihah Mohd Hashim

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Mahmood Ameen Abdulla

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Hapipah Mohd Ali

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala, Lumpur, Malaysia

Syam Mohan

Affiliation Medical Research Centre, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia

Siddig Ibrahim Abdelwahab

Affiliation Medical Research Centre, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia

Manal Mohamed Elhassan Taha

Affiliation Medical Research Centre, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia

Loke Mun Fai

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Jamuna Vadivelu

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MAA SIA NMH HMA. Performed the experiments: HMAS MMET LMF JV. Analyzed the data: SM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HMAS. Wrote the paper: HMAS.