Funding for this research was provided by:
Department of Biotechnology , Ministry of Science and Technology (BT/OR6587/MED/30/886/2012)
Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR-PDF 6th batch, SRF)
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India (SRF)
Science and Engineering Research Board (SR/SO/HS-0277/2012)
Article History
Received: 12 December 2019
Accepted: 17 February 2020
First Online: 9 March 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
: This study was approved by the Institutional Animal Ethics Committee (IAEC) of the National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health (NIRRH), project number (05/12).
: The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.