About the Authors

Pedro Victor Crescêncio de Freitas

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Biotechnology Postgraduate Program – RENORBIO, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Carlos Eduardo de Araújo Padilha

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Chemical Engineering, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Marcos dos Santos Lima

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Department of Food Technology, Federal Institute of Sertão Pernambucano, Petrolina, State of Pernambuco, Brazil

Patrícia Prado Augusto

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Institute of Environmental, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Federal University of São Paulo, Diadema, São Paulo, Brazil

Patrícia Santos Lopes

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Institute of Environmental, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Federal University of São Paulo, Diadema, São Paulo, Brazil

Cristiane Fernandes de Assis

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Biotechnology Postgraduate Program – RENORBIO, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, Department of Pharmacy, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Emanuel Neto Alves de Oliveira

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Rio Grande do Norte, Pau dos Ferros, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Francisco Caninde de Sousa Junior

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

francisco.sousa@ufrn.br, fcfarma@yahoo.com.br

Affiliations Biotechnology Postgraduate Program – RENORBIO, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, Department of Pharmacy, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.