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Adekunle Odunayo Adejuwon1,2,3,4\*, Marina Donova5 , Victoria Anatolyivna Tsygankova6 and Olubunmi Obayemi7

1 Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Kings University, Ode-Omu, Osun State, Nigeria

2 National Research Foundation of Ukraine (NRFU), Maksymovych Scientific Library of The Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University Kyiv, Volodymyrska Street 58, Office Number 38, East Europe, Ukraine

3 The European Science Foundation College of Expert Reviewers (The European Union (EU)); and The European Science Foundation College of Review Panel Members (The European Union (EU)), Offices: 1, Quai Lezay-Marnésia - BP 90015, 67008 Strasbourg Cedex, Western Europe, France

4 Medwave Company Limited, Istanbul, Istanbul Province, Southeastern Europe/Western Asia, Republic of Turkey

5 G.K. Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Pushchino, 5, 142290, Moscow, East Europe, Russian Federation

6 Department for Chemistry of Bioactive Nitrogen-Containing Heterocyclic Compounds, Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry and Petrochemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NAS) (The Presidium, Ukraine), Kyiv-94 (Kiev), 02660, East Europe, Ukraine

7 Department of Public Health and Community Health Promotion, Liberty University, Lynchburg, Virginia, United States of America

\*Address all correspondence to: ao\_adejuwon@yahoo.ca

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