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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This project is supported by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation
(MOSTI) of Government of Malaysia grant No.01-02-04-009 BTL/ER/38. Rajik is
supported by the Universiti Putra Malaysia graduate research fellowship. The authors
also acknowledge Ms. Hamidah for her help in statistical analysis.
COMPETING INTERESTS
Mohamed Rajik is a graduate student of Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). Fatemeh
Jahanshiri, Abdul Rahman Omar, Aini Ideris, and Khatijah Yusoff are employees of
the same institution. The university holds the rights for all the financial benefits that
may result from this research. Neither Sharifah Syed Hassan nor her institutions do
not have any competing interests with this study. UPM is financing this manuscript as
well. The UPM is the owner of the patent for the peptides mentioned in this manuscript
(Patent No.: PI20082061).
