About the Authors

Azzmer Azzar Abdul Hamid

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, IIUM, Bandar Indera Mahkota, 25200, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia

Tengku Haziyamin Tengku Abdul Hamid

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, IIUM, Bandar Indera Mahkota, 25200, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia

Roswanira Abdul Wahab

roswanira@kimia.fs.utm.my (RAW); fzhutm@gmail.com (FH)

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310, UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

Mohd. Shahir Shamsir Omar

Affiliation Department of Biosciences and Health Sciences, Faculty of Biosciences and Medical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310, UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

Fahrul Huyop

roswanira@kimia.fs.utm.my (RAW); fzhutm@gmail.com (FH)

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology and Medical Engineering, Faculty of Biosciences and Medical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310, UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FH AAAH. Performed the experiments: AAAH. Analyzed the data: MSS THTAH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MSS RAW. Wrote the paper: RAW.