Kushwaha, Vikas
Tewari, Prachi
Mandal, Payal
Tripathi, Anurag
Murthy, P. Kalpana
Article History
Received: 5 July 2018
Accepted: 3 April 2019
First Online: 4 May 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The animal study protocol was approved by the National Laboratory Animal Centre (NLAC), CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI), Lucknow, India, following the rules and guidelines of the Committee for the Purpose of Control and Supervision of Experiments on Animals (CPCSEA), Ministry of Environments and Forests, Govt. of India, New Delhi, for use and handling of animals. The animals used in the study were housed in climatically controlled pathogen-free animal quarters (Temp.: 23 ± 2 °C; RH: 60%; and photoperiod: 12 h light–dark cycles) at NALC, CSIR-CDRI, Lucknow, India, and they were fed standard rodent maintenance diet (prepared in-house) and water ad libitum. The animal study protocol was approved (approval number: IAEC/2011/145 renewed dated 03/07/2014).
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.