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Author Contribution: PaK and GB did the conceptualization and wrote the original draft of the manuscript. 539
PK, SK carried out the formal analysis. PaK, GB, K, AS, PK, SK wrote, reviewed, and edited the manuscript. 540
All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript. 541
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Funding: This research received no external funding. 547
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Acknowledgments: We would like to thank Prof. Prem Kumar Khosla, Chancellor and Biotechnology & 549
Bioengineering Department of Shoolini University to provide us with such an opportunity. We would also 550
like to acknowledge Scientific Writing Cell, Shoolini University for their valuable inputs during the 551
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Conflicts of Interest: The authors declare no conflict of interest. 554

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