About the Authors

Kind Leng Tong

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Kit Lam Chan

Affiliation School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Science Malaysia, 11800 Minden, Penang, Malaysia

Sazaly AbuBakar

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Bin Seng Low

Affiliation School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Science Malaysia, 11800 Minden, Penang, Malaysia

Hai Qiu Ma

Affiliation School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Science Malaysia, 11800 Minden, Penang, Malaysia

Pooi Fong Wong

wongpf@um.edu.my

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PFW. Performed the experiments: KLT BSL HQM. Analyzed the data: KLT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SAB KLC. Wrote the paper: KLT PFW.