Retraction Note: Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology (2023) 196:85–98
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12010-023-04482-1
The Editors-in-Chief have retracted this article after an investigation found that the peer review process had not been conducted in accordance with the Journal’s editorial policies. Additionally, concerns were raised about the inclusion of a high number of authors’ citations. The authors were unable to provide a satisfactory response to raised concerns.
Salem S. Salem disagrees with this retraction. Hossam M. Atta did not respond to any correspondence from the publisher regarding this retraction. The Publisher was unable to find current email addresses of Ahmed Said and Mohammed Abu-Elghait.
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