Abdul Aziz, Mughair
Brini, Faical
Jrad, Olfa
Rahman, Shafeeq
Ahmad, Manzoor
Vijayan, Ranjit
Masmoudi, Khaled
Funding for this research was provided by:
United Arab Emirates University (12F072)
Article History
Received: 17 April 2025
Accepted: 23 December 2025
First Online: 25 December 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The authors declare that the experimental research works on the plants in this study comply with institutional, national and international guidelines. The plant leaf samples were collected from the desert environments of UAE, which required no ethical approval.