About the Authors

Mouna Achoui

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

David Appleton

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Mahmood Ameen Abdulla

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Khalijah Awang

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Mustafa Ali Mohd

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Mohd Rais Mustafa

rais@um.edu.my

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MA DA MAM KA MRM. Performed the experiments: MA DA MAA. Analyzed the data: MA DA MAM KA MRM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MA DA MAA MAM KA MRM. Wrote the paper: MA DA MRM.