Thomas, Liju
Saseendran, Sandra
Kutty, Ranjeet
Philip, Siby
Article History
Received: 9 August 2026
Accepted: 22 August 2026
First Online: 27 August 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: The specimen collection protocol was approved by the institutional animal ethical committee of Nirmalagiri College (NGC/IECIZOOL/2019/002). No in vivo animal experimentation was undertaken.
Consent for publication: All authors have agreed to publish this version of the manuscript.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.