Butt, Amina Iftikhar
Bazai, Fariya Khan
Kakar, Kaleemullah
Daud, Shakeela
Seo, Go Hun
Ahmad, Jamil
Naz, Sadaf
Article History
Received: 26 June 2025
Accepted: 11 February 2026
First Online: 19 February 2026
Declarations
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: G.H.S. is an employee of 3billion, Inc., Seoul, South Korea. The other authors have no conflicts of interest.
: The Declaration of Helsinki was followed for the completion of the research involving human subjects. Institutional Review Board (IRB) of the Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences, Quetta and School of Biological Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan (IRB # 00005281) approved the study. All participants or their legal guardians provided written informed consent for inclusion in the study. Animal studies were carried out after ethical review and procedures were followed as per those approved by the Bioethical Committee (School of Biological Sciences).