About the Authors

Kristen Larocque

Affiliation Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Windsor, Windsor, Onatrio, Canada

Pamela Ovadje

Affiliation Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Windsor, Windsor, Onatrio, Canada

Sinisa Djurdjevic

Affiliation Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Windsor, Windsor, Onatrio, Canada

Mariam Mehdi

Affiliation Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Windsor, Windsor, Onatrio, Canada

James Green

Affiliation Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Windsor, Windsor, Onatrio, Canada

Siyaram Pandey

spandey@uwindsor.ca

Affiliation Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Windsor, Windsor, Onatrio, Canada

Competing Interests

Dr. Siyaram Pandey is a PLOS ONE editorial board member. However, this does not alter the authors′ adherence to all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KL PO SP SD MM JG. Performed the experiments: KL PO SD MM. Analyzed the data: KL PO. Wrote the paper: KL PO SP.