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Ianara Mendonça da Costa1 \*, Elaine Cristina Gurgel Andrade Pedrosa1 , Ana Paula de Carvalho Bezerra1 , Luciana Cristina Borges Fernandes1,3, José Rodolfo Lopes de Paiva Cavalcanti1 , Marco Aurélio Moura Freire1 , Dayane Pessoa de Araújo1 , Amália Cinthia Meneses do Rego2 , Irami Araujo Filho2 , Francisco Irochima Pinheiro2 and Fausto Pierdoná Guzen1,2

1 Department of Biomedical Sciences, Laboratory of Experimental Neurology, Health Science Center, University of the State of Rio Grande do Norte (UERN), Mossoró, RN, Brazil

2 School of Health, Potiguar University (UnP), Natal, RN, Brazil

3 Federal Rural University of the Semi Arid (UFERSA), Mossoró, RN, Brazil

\*Address all correspondence to: ianara.nutricao@gmail.com

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