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Article History

Received: 27 September 2024

Accepted: 14 May 2025

First Online: 28 May 2025

Declarations

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: The study was conducted in accordance with the regulations and ethical approval of the Ethics and Biosafety Committee of the Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Nigeria, Nsukka with the approval number UNN/FBS/EC/1219. The nuts were authenticated by Mr. Alfred Ozioko of the Bioresource Development and Conservation Program (BDCP), Research Centre Nsukka.

: With the informed consent of the donors, the research was done in accordance to the Declaration of Helsinki and Tokyo for humans.

: For this type of study, consent for publication is not required.

: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.