Oria, Rademene Sunday https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7233-7361
Ekpe, Kingsley Akpang
Nyen, Cynthia Tangban
Article History
Received: 12 June 2026
Accepted: 20 August 2026
First Online: 27 August 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: All procedures involving animals were approved by the Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences Ethics and Research Committee, University of Cross River State, under approval number CRUT/FBMC/REC/22/010, and were performed in accordance with the National Institutes of Health Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals. Reporting follows the ARRIVE 2.0 guidelines [39]. Not applicable to consent to participate, as the study did not involve human participants.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.