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Merlin L.K. Mensah<sup>1</sup> , Gustav Komlaga<sup>2</sup> \*, Arnold D. Forkuo3 , Caleb Firempong4 , Alexander K. Anning<sup>5</sup> and Rita A. Dickson2

\*Address all correspondence to: gustkomla@yahoo.com

1 Department of Herbal Medicine, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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2 Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

3 Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

4 Departments of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

5 Department of Theoretical and Applied Biology, Faculty of Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
