Dhanabalan, Karthik
Mzezewa, Sibonginkosi
Huisamen, Barbara
Lochner, Amanda http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6847-5091
Funding for this research was provided by:
South African National Research Foundation (93579)
Article History
First Online: 26 May 2020
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: Male Wistar rats were used as experimental animals. The breeding, maintenance and feeding of these rats as well as food and water consumption, and weight monitoring were all carried out in the Central Research Facility, Faculty of Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University The study conformed to the revised South African National Standard for the Care and Use of Animals for Scientific Purposes (South African Bureau of Standards, SANS 10386, 2008) and was approved by the Committee for the ethical use of animals in research of the University of Stellenbosch (project number SU-ACUM14-00039).
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.