Acknowledgement
The authors are thankful to Dr. OUSSOU N'Guessan Jean-Baptiste (Lecturer and Researcher at the Nangui Abrogoua University's Laboratory of physiology, pharmacology and pharmacopoeia, Cote d'Ivoire) for his invaluable help in translating this manuscript and also, all the staff of the laboratory for their encouragement during these investigations.
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