About the Authors

Shahanavaj Khan

Affiliation Nanomedicine Research Unit, Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, PO Box 2457, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia

Ahamad Imran

Affiliation King Abdullah Institute for Nanotechnology, King Saud University, PO Box 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia

Abdul Arif Khan

Affiliation Nanomedicine Research Unit, Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, PO Box 2457, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia

Mohd Abul Kalam

Affiliation Nanomedicine Research Unit, Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, PO Box 2457, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia

Aws Alshamsan

aalshamsan@ksu.edu.sa

Affiliations Nanomedicine Research Unit, Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, PO Box 2457, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia, King Abdullah Institute for Nanotechnology, King Saud University, PO Box 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SK AA AAK MAK. Performed the experiments: SK AI. Analyzed the data: SK AI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AA. Wrote the paper: SK AA.