About the Authors

Brijesh Kumar Singh

Affiliations Herbal Research Section, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (Formerly-Industrial Toxicology Research Centre), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, Department of Biotechnology, Bundelkhand University, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India

Madhulika Tripathi

Affiliation Herbal Research Section, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (Formerly-Industrial Toxicology Research Centre), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Bhushan P. Chaudhari

Affiliation Pathology Laboratory, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (Formerly-Industrial Toxicology Research Centre), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Pramod K. Pandey

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Bundelkhand University, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India

Poonam Kakkar

poonam_kakkar@yahoo.com

Affiliation Herbal Research Section, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (Formerly-Industrial Toxicology Research Centre), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PK PKP. Performed the experiments: BKS MT. Analyzed the data: BKS MT PK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PK. Wrote the paper: BKS MT PKP PK. Performed histopathological studies: BPC.