About the Authors

Zulfiqar Ahmad

zahmad@atsu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, A T Still University of Health Sciences, Kirksville, MO, 63501, United States of America

Thomas F. Laughlin

Current address: Department of Biological Sciences, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, 37614, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, A T Still University of Health Sciences, Kirksville, MO, 63501, United States of America

Ismail O. Kady

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, 37614, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZA IK. Performed the experiments: ZA TL. Analyzed the data: ZA TL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZA TL IK. Wrote the paper: ZA TL.