Funding for this research was provided by:
Department of Science and Technology (DST-PURSE)
University Grants Commission (. F.25-1/2014-15(BSR)/7-261/2009 (BSR))
Article History
Received: 26 October 2021
Accepted: 17 February 2022
First Online: 2 March 2022
Declarations
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: The experimental protocols involving animals were approved by the Institutional Animal Ethics Committee of Panjab University, Chandigarh, India under the Approval Number PU/45/99/ CPCSEA/IAEC/2018/225. All the guidelines laid down by the Committee for the Purpose of Control and Supervision of Experiments on Animals (CPCSEA), Government of India and all applicable international and national institutional guidelines for conducting research on animals were religiously obeyed and strictly adhered to.
: Not applicable.
: All the authors declare that they have no competing interests.