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Sami El Khatib1,2\* and Malak Abou Shahine1

1 Department of Food Sciences and Technologies, Lebanese International University, Bekaa, Lebanon

2 Department of Biological Sciences, Bekaa, Lebanon

\*Address all correspondence to: Sami.khatib@liu.edu.lb

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