**Author details**

Muhammad Irshad1 \*, Muhammad Ali Subhani1 , Saqib Ali1 and Amjad Hussain<sup>2</sup>

1 Department of Chemistry, University of Kotli Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan

2 Department of Zoology, University of Kotli Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan

\*Address all correspondence to: chemist\_q2005@yahoo.com

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