About the Authors

Nik Soriani Yaacob

niksoriani@usm.my (NSY); cs_lai@usm.my (CSL)

‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Department of Chemical Pathology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia

Hassan Muhammad Yankuzo

Affiliation Department of Chemical Pathology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia

Sutha Devaraj

Affiliation Centre for Drug Research, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

Jimmy Ka Ming Wong

Affiliation Centre for Drug Research, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

Choon-Sheen Lai

niksoriani@usm.my (NSY); cs_lai@usm.my (CSL)

‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Centre for Drug Research, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NSY CSL. Performed the experiments: HMY SD JKMW. Analyzed the data: NSY CSL HMY SD JKMW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NSY CSL. Wrote the paper: NSY CSL HMY SD JKMW.