RETRACTION: A. L. Al-Malki and A. A. Radwan Sayed, “Bees' Honey Attenuation of Metanil-Yellow-Induced Hepatotoxicity in Rats,” Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2013 (2013), https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/614580.
The above article, published online on 3 June 2013 in Wiley Online Library (https://wileyonlinelibrary.com), has been retracted by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
The retraction has been agreed following an investigation of the concerns raised by Actinopolyspora biskrensis on PubPeer [1]. More specifically, the tissue shown in Figure 5(g) appears identical to an image in Figure 2(b) of [2], where it is described as tissue of a different animal species subjected to different experimental conditions.
As a result of this investigation, the results of the article are no longer considered reliable.
The authors were informed of this retraction but did not provide a response.
References
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