About the Authors

Bidya Dhar Sahu

Affiliation Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacology Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

Anil Kumar Kalvala

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

Meghana Koneru

Affiliation Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacology Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

Jerald Mahesh Kumar

Affiliation Animal House, CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

Madhusudana Kuncha

Affiliation Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacology Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

Shyam Sunder Rachamalla

Affiliation Faculty of Pharmacy, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

Ramakrishna Sistla

sistla@iict.res.in

Affiliation Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacology Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BDS RS. Performed the experiments: BDS AKK M. Koneru JMK M. Kuncha. Analyzed the data: BDS RS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JMK SSR. Wrote the paper: BDS RS.