Retraction Note to: 3 Biotech (2019) 9:360 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13205-019-1885-3

This article has been retracted by the Editor-in-Chief at the request of the corresponding author Niyaz Ahmad. After publication the authors became aware of problems with the data shown in a number of figures. Rizwan Ahmad, Ali Al-Qudaihi, Salman Edrees Alaseel, Ibrahim Zuhair Fita, Mohammed Saifuddin Khalid, Faheem Hyder Pottoo and Srinivasa Rao Bolla have not responded to correspondence from the publisher about this retraction.