Anti-leishmanial physalins—Phytochemical investigation, in vitro evaluation against clinical and MIL-resistant L. tropica strains and in silico studies

• Saira Bano,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan

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• Memoona Bibi,

  Roles Data curation, Software

  Affiliation H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan

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• Saba Farooq,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan

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• Humaira Zafar,

  Roles Formal analysis, Software

  Affiliation Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan

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• Muniza Shaikh,

  Roles Formal analysis, Software

  Affiliation Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan

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• Behram Khan Khoso,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology

  Affiliation Jinnah Post-Graduate Medical Center, Karachi, Pakistan

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• Sammer Yousuf ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: dr.sammer.yousuf@gmail.com (SY); iqbal.choudhary@iccs.edu (MIC)

  Affiliation H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8870-3581

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• M. Iqbal Choudhary

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: dr.sammer.yousuf@gmail.com (SY); iqbal.choudhary@iccs.edu (MIC)

  Affiliations H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan, Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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