Shetty, Maya P. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8548-4363
Hegde, Smita https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1543-3127
Rana, Komal https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8567-2858
Bharati, Sanjay https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3697-2632
Funding for this research was provided by:
Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal
Article History
Received: 7 February 2026
Accepted: 12 August 2026
First Online: 24 August 2026
Declarations
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.
Ethical approval: All animals were handled according to Committee for the Purpose of Control and Supervision of Experiments on animals (CPCSEA) guidelines, Government of India. Institutional animal ethics committee approval no IAEC/KMC/119/2022.