About the Authors

Debabrata Tripathy

Affiliation Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology & Bioinformatics, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya-793022, India

Alka Choudhary

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Technology Biotechnology, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Sector-67, S.A.S. Nagar, 160062, Punjab, India

Uttam Chand Banerjee

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Technology Biotechnology, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Sector-67, S.A.S. Nagar, 160062, Punjab, India

Inder Pal Singh

Affiliation Department of Natural Products, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Sector-67, S.A.S. Nagar, 160062, Punjab, India

Anupam Chatterjee

chatterjeeanupam@hotmail.com

Affiliation Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology & Bioinformatics, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya-793022, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: A Chatterjee UCB IPS. Performed the experiments: DT A Choudhary A Chatterjee. Analyzed the data: DT A Chatterjee A Choudhary IPS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: A Chatterjee UCB IPS. Wrote the paper: A Chatterjee UCB IPS. Obtained permission for use of human sample: A Chatterjee. Obtained permission from forest officer: A Chatterjee.