About the Authors

Sreevidya Santha

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota, United States of America

Ajay Bommareddy

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Brittny Rule

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Ruth Guillermo

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota, United States of America

Radhey S. Kaushik

Affiliations Department of Biology and Microbiology, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota, United States of America, Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota, United States of America

Alan Young

Affiliation Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota, United States of America

Chandradhar Dwivedi

Chandradhar.Dwivedi@sdstate.edu

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CD RSK AY. Performed the experiments: SS AB BR RG. Analyzed the data: SS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CD. Wrote the paper: SS CD.