Kojom Foko, Loick P. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4286-147X
Hawadak, Joseph https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4145-9953
Koloko, Landry Brice https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7175-3646
Belle Ebanda Kedi, Philippe https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5665-1505
Pande, Veena https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4839-7276
Singh, Vineeta https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0113-7394
Article History
Received: 30 May 2025
Accepted: 1 October 2025
First Online: 10 October 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
: This study was endorsed by a competent ethics committee (N°PHB/NIMR/EC/2020/55). Piper umbellatum (Piperaceae) is neither an endangered nor a protected plant species. Therefore, no ethical issues related to its collection and manipulation could be raised in the present study.
: The authors agreed to the publication of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.