About the Authors

Refilwe P. Molatlhegi

Affiliation Discipline of Medical Biochemistry, School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, RSA

Alisa Phulukdaree

Affiliation Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, RSA

Krishnan Anand

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Durban University of Technology, Durban, RSA

Robert M. Gengan

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Durban University of Technology, Durban, RSA

Charlette Tiloke

Affiliation Discipline of Medical Biochemistry, School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, RSA

Anil A. Chuturgoon

chutur@ukzn.ac.za

Affiliation Discipline of Medical Biochemistry, School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, RSA

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RM AP AC. Performed the experiments: RM RG KA AP CT. Analyzed the data: RM AP AC CT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AC RM. Wrote the paper: RM AP AC.