About the Authors

Kun Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Kun Li, Steven J. Dias

Affiliation Cancer Institute, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America

Steven J. Dias

Contributed equally to this work with: Kun Li, Steven J. Dias

Affiliation Cancer Institute, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America

Agnes M. Rimando

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Natural Products Utilization Research Unit, University, Mississippi, United States of America

Swati Dhar

Affiliation Cancer Institute, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America

Cassia S. Mizuno

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Natural Products Utilization Research Unit, University, Mississippi, United States of America

Alan D. Penman

Affiliation Center of Biostatistics, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America

Jack R. Lewin

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America

Anait S. Levenson

alevenson@umc.edu

Affiliations Cancer Institute, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America, Department of Pathology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ASL. Performed the experiments: KL SJD SD CSM AMR. Analyzed the data: KL SJD AMR SD ADP JRL ASL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AMR JRL ASL. Wrote the paper: AMR ASL.