About the Authors

Junru Yu

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, United States

Manas Haldar

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, United States

Sanku Mallik

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, United States

D. K. Srivastava

dk.srivastava@ndsu.edu

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, United States

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DKS JY. Performed the experiments: JY MH. Analyzed the data: DKS JY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DKS JY MH SM. Wrote the paper: DKS JY.