Melanin pigment of Streptomyces puniceus RHPR9 exhibits antibacterial, antioxidant and anticancer activities

• Ravinder Polapally ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ravinder Polapally, Manasa Mansani, Karthik Rajkumar, Sandeepta Burgula, Bee Hameeda

  Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University College of Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India

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• Manasa Mansani ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ravinder Polapally, Manasa Mansani, Karthik Rajkumar, Sandeepta Burgula, Bee Hameeda

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University College of Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India

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• Karthik Rajkumar ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ravinder Polapally, Manasa Mansani, Karthik Rajkumar, Sandeepta Burgula, Bee Hameeda

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University College of Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India

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• Sandeepta Burgula ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ravinder Polapally, Manasa Mansani, Karthik Rajkumar, Sandeepta Burgula, Bee Hameeda

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University College of Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India

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• Bee Hameeda ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ravinder Polapally, Manasa Mansani, Karthik Rajkumar, Sandeepta Burgula, Bee Hameeda

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision

  * E-mail: drhami2009@gmail.com (BH); sayyedrz@gmail.com (RZS)

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University College of Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9161-9567

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• Alaa Alhazmi ,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ AA, FB, AHA, SH, HAEE and RZS also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Medical Laboratory Technology Department, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia, SMIRES for Consultation in Specialized Medical Laboratories, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia

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• Farkad Bantun ,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ AA, FB, AHA, SH, HAEE and RZS also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Mecca, Saudi Arabia

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• Atiah H. Almalki ,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ AA, FB, AHA, SH, HAEE and RZS also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia, Addiction and Neuroscience Research Unit, College of Pharmacy, Taif University, Al-Hawiah, Taif, Saudi Arabia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4379-7024

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• Shafiul Haque ,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ AA, FB, AHA, SH, HAEE and RZS also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Research and Scientific Studies Unit, College of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia, Bursa Uludağ University Faculty of Medicine, Görükle Campus, Nilüfer, Bursa, Turkey

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2989-121X

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• Hesham Ali El Enshasy ,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ AA, FB, AHA, SH, HAEE and RZS also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Institute of Bioproduct Development (IBD), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Skudai, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia, School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Skudai, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia, City of Scientific Research and Technology Applications (SRTA), New Burg Al Arab, Alexandria, Egypt

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• R. Z. Sayyed

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: drhami2009@gmail.com (BH); sayyedrz@gmail.com (RZS)

  ¶‡ AA, FB, AHA, SH, HAEE and RZS also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, PSGVP Mandal’s Arts, Science, and Commerce College, Shahada, India

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