About the Authors

Saima Nusrat

Affiliation Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh– 202002, India

Mohammad Khursheed Siddiqi

Affiliation Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh– 202002, India

Masihuz Zaman

Affiliation Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh– 202002, India

Nida Zaidi

Affiliation Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh– 202002, India

Mohammad Rehan Ajmal

Affiliation Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh– 202002, India

Parvez Alam

Affiliation Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh– 202002, India

Atiyatul Qadeer

Affiliation Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh– 202002, India

Ali Saber Abdelhameed

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia

Rizwan Hasan Khan

rizwanhkhan@hotmail.com

Affiliation Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh– 202002, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SN RHK. Performed the experiments: SN MKS MZ MRA. Analyzed the data: SN NZ PA RHK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MZ NZ PA RHK. Wrote the paper: SN MKS AQ NZ AS RHK.