About the Authors

Komal Kalani

Affiliation Medicinal Chemistry Department, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Jyoti Agarwal

Affiliation Molecular Bioprospection Department, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Sarfaraz Alam

Affiliation Metabolic and Structural Biology Department, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Feroz Khan

Affiliation Metabolic and Structural Biology Department, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Anirban Pal

santoshkumar_1955@yahoo.com (SKS); drapaul@gmail.com (AP)

Affiliation Molecular Bioprospection Department, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Santosh Kumar Srivastava

santoshkumar_1955@yahoo.com (SKS); drapaul@gmail.com (AP)

Affiliation Medicinal Chemistry Department, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Wrote the manuscript: AP SKS. Main design of work and chemistry: KK. Biological evaluation of sample: JA. In-silico and docking studies: SA. Operated the in-silico and docking studies; analysed and finalized the results: FK. Analysed the biological findings and finalized them for publication: AP. Conceived main concept of manuscript along with interpretation of data and making it suitable for publication: SKS. Contributed chemical reagents: KK. Contributed biological reagents: JA. Contributed software and tools: SA.