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The authors thank the Director CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants and AcSIR academy for conducting research. The authors thank Asheesh Concentrates International LLP, Mumbai (Maharashtra), for providing financial assistance for conducting research. The authors also thank the Revenue Department, Ministry of Finance, Government of India, and Uttar Pradesh State Excise Department for issuing a license to grow Cannabis for R&D activity and also CSIR, Govt. of India, is also gratefully acknowledged for the CSIR Direct-SRF Fellowship and CSIR ULIP Project No. MLP-002610.

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1. Nashra Aftab and Birendra Kumar contributed equally to this work.

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1. Seed Quality Lab on MAPs, Plant Breeding and Genetic Resources Conservation Division, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, 226015, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaNashra Aftab, Ram Kishor, Himanshu Kumar Kushwaha, Narendra Kumar, Akancha Gupta & Birendra Kumar
2. Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaNashra Aftab, Ram Kishor, Aqib Sarfraz, Himanshu Kumar Kushwaha, Narendra Kumar, Akancha Gupta, Feroz Khan, Karuna Shanker & Birendra Kumar
3. Technology Dissemination and Computational Biology Division, CSIR- Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, 226015, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaAqib Sarfraz & Feroz Khan
4. Phytochemistry Division, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, 226015, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaKaruna Shanker

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