**Author details**

Fawzi F. Bokhari1 and Mai Albaik<sup>2</sup> \*

1 Academic Affairs, Armed Forces Hospitals Administration-Taif Region, Taif, Saudi Arabia

2 Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

\*Address all correspondence to: beikmai@gmail.com

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