2.6 Statistical analysis
All quantitative data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation (SD) values derived from independent experiments with at least triplicate samples. GraphPad Prism v.9.0 software (La Jolla, CA, USA) was employed for data analysis using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) with Tukey’s post-hoc test. P values <0.05 were considered statistically significant.