Rahman, Samson Adisa
Sulaimon, Lateef Adegboyega
Arogundade, Obafemi Lamiji
Osifade, Olawale Akindele
Akinolye, Oluseyi Adeboye
Article History
Received: 5 November 2025
Accepted: 6 January 2026
First Online: 13 January 2026
Declarations
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: All animal procedures and handling complied with established ethical and regulatory guidelines, including: The National Research Council’s Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, which provides fundamental principles for the ethical treatment of experimental animals, and the ARRIVE (Animal Research: Reporting of In Vivo Experiments) guidelines as outlined by Percie et al., 2020, ensuring transparency and reproducibility in animal research. Ethical approval was granted by the Crescent University Research Ethics Committee, with the research protocols officially sanctioned under reference CRESCENT/CS/BCH/PG/S41512005.
: The authors declare no competing interests.