About the Authors

Bertha Fru Asa

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon

Cabirou Mounchili Shintouo

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon, Department of Gerontology, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussel, Belgium

Robert Adamu Shey

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon

Mildred Tita Afoumbom

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Hasselt University, Martelarenlaan, Hasselt, Belgium

Nadia Siekeh

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health Science, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon

Adolf Yoah

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health Science, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon

Emmanuel Kah

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon

Amy Ickowitz

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) Bogor, Jawa Barat, Indonesia

Caleb Yengo Tata

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Forests, Resources and People (FOREP), Botanic Gardens Limbe, Limbe, Cameroon

Emmanuel Asongalem

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health Science, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon

Stephen Mbigha Ghogomu

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

stephen.ghogomu@ubuea.cm

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.