Dawoud, Mohamed
Attallah, Khalid M.
Ibrahim, Ismail T.
Karam, Heba M.
Ibrahim, Ayman A.
Funding for this research was provided by:
The authors would like to thank the Deanship of Scientific Research at Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia for supporting this work by grant code: . (19-MED-1-01-0038, 19-MED-1-01-0038, 19-MED-1-01-0038, 19-MED-1-01-0038, 19-MED-1-01-0038)
Article History
Received: 18 October 2023
Accepted: 10 January 2024
First Online: 22 January 2024
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: All animals’ procedures were approved by the Animal Care Committee of the National Centre for Radiation Research and Technology (NCRRT), Cairo, Egypt, which complies with the Guide for Care and Use of Laboratory Animals published by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH Publication No. 85–23, revised 2011).Rats were obtained from the animal house belonging to the National Center for Radiation Research and Technology (NCRRT), Cairo, Egypt. Mice were maintained in colony cages at 25˚C ± 5˚C, a humidity of 60 ± 5% and housed in suitable illumination conditions (12 h/ 12 h light/dark cycle) and were fed standard pellet diet and fresh water ad libitum. Animals were left one week for acclimatization in the lab environment before starting the experiment. Animals were treated gently; pressure, squeezing, and tough maneuvers were avoided.
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