Noreen, Sana
Noor, Malaika
Sultan, Hazeefa
Aja, Patrick Maduabuchi
Article History
Received: 18 September 2025
Accepted: 3 June 2026
First Online: 22 June 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: The experiments employed were approved by the University of Lahore’s Research Ethical Committee (IRB-UOL-FASH/521/2023). All experimental research involving vertebrates or regulated invertebrates was conducted in accordance with institutional, national, and international ethical guidelines, including the principles of the Basel Declaration.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.