About the Authors

Kalpesh R. Patil

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, H. R. Patel Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Shirpur, Dist- Dhule, Maharashtra, India

Purusottam Mohapatra

Affiliation Cancer Biology Laboratory, KIIT School of Biotechnology, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

Harun M. Patel

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, R. C. Patel Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Shirpur, Dist- Dhule, Maharashtra, India

Sameer N. Goyal

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, R. C. Patel Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Shirpur, Dist- Dhule, Maharashtra, India

Shreesh Ojha

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates, UAE

Chanakya N. Kundu

pchandragouda@yahoo.com (CRP); cnkundu@gmail.com (CNK); kalpeshpharma20@gmail.com (KRP)

Affiliation Cancer Biology Laboratory, KIIT School of Biotechnology, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

Chandragouda R. Patil

pchandragouda@yahoo.com (CRP); cnkundu@gmail.com (CNK); kalpeshpharma20@gmail.com (KRP)

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, R. C. Patel Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Shirpur, Dist- Dhule, Maharashtra, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KRP CRP CNK. Performed the experiments: KRP PM CRP. Analyzed the data: KRP PM HMP SNG SO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KRP CRP CNK. Wrote the paper: KRP PM HMP SNG SO CNK CRP. Conducted and analyzed cell based assays: KRP PM CNK. Designed and overseen the in-silico study: KRP HMP CRP. Analyzed the data: KRP PM HMP SNG SO. Designed, conducted the study, analyzed the data and wrote the first draft: KRP CRP CNK. Supervised entire research work: CRP CNK SNG. Collected references and drafted the manuscript: KRP PM HMP SNG SO. Edited and approved the final version of manuscript: KRP PM HMP SNG SO CNK CRP.