Funding for this research was provided by:
Department of Science and Technology Science and Engineering Research Board, New Delhi, India (DST-SERB F. No. EMR/2014/000600)
University Grants Commission - Special Assistance Program, New Delhi, India (UGC-SAP-II:F-3-20/2013)
Department of Science and Technology, Fund for Improvement of Science and Technology, New Delhi, India (DST-FIST:SR/FST/LSI-618/2014)
University Grants Commission Basic Scientific Research, New Delhi (UGC-BSR-No.F.7-25/2007)
Article History
Received: 26 February 2018
Accepted: 26 June 2018
First Online: 4 July 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
: All the experiments were carried out according to our institutional animal care and ethics committee approved protocols and the rats were taken care in accordance with the institutional ethical guidelines (722/02/CPCSEA).
: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.