About the Authors

Ana Gledovic

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

ana.gledovic@pharmacy.bg.ac.rs

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Cosmetology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

Aleksandra Janosevic Lezaic

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization

Affiliation Department of Physical Chemistry and Instrumental Methods, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

Veljko Krstonosic

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia

Jelena Djokovic

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Cosmetology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

Ines Nikolic

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Cosmetology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

Danica Bajuk-Bogdanovic

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Faculty of Physical Chemistry, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

Jelena Antic Stankovic

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Resources, Visualization

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

Danijela Randjelovic

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Microelectronic Technologies, Institute of Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

Sanela M. Savic

Roles Investigation

Affiliation DCP Hemigal, Leskovac, Serbia

Mila Filipovic

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Higher Education School of Professional Health Studies, Belgrade, Serbia

Slobodanka Tamburic

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London, London, United Kingdom

Snezana D. Savic

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Cosmetology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

Competing Interests

The commercial affiliation DCP Hemigal [S.N.S] performed optical/ polarized light microscopy analysis but it did not play a role in funding, study design, or preparation of the manuscript. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.