About the Authors

Somayeh Fani

somi.fani@gmail.com (SF); najihahmh@um.edu.my (NMH)

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Firouzeh Dehghan

Affiliations Department of Exercise Physiology, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Tehran, 14174 Tehran, Iran, Department of Exercise Science, Sports Center, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Hamed Karimian

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Kong Mun Lo

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Siyamak Ebrahimi Nigjeh

Affiliation Institute of Bioscience, University Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Malaysia

Yeap Swee Keong

Affiliation Institute of Bioscience, University Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Malaysia

Rahman Soori

Affiliation Department of Exercise Physiology, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Tehran, 14174 Tehran, Iran

Kit May Chow

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Behnam Kamalidehghan

Affiliation Medical Genetics Department, National Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (NIGEB), Tehran-Karaj Highway, Tehran, Iran

Hapipah Mohd Ali

Affiliations Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Center for Natural Products and Drug Discovery (CENAR), Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Najihah Mohd Hashim

somi.fani@gmail.com (SF); najihahmh@um.edu.my (NMH)

Affiliations Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Center for Natural Products and Drug Discovery (CENAR), Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SF NMH. Performed the experiments: SF FD SEN YSK KMC. Analyzed the data: SF HK FD RS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NMH BK KML HMA. Wrote the paper: SF. Revised and approved the manuscript: SF.