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. 2018 Oct 16;18:276. doi: 10.1186/s12906-018-2344-0

Retraction Note: Optimized extraction, composition, antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of exo and intracellular polysaccharides from submerged culture of Cordyceps cicadae

Sapan Kumar Sharma 1,, Nandini Gautam 2, Narender Singh Atri 3
PMCID: PMC6190560  PMID: 30326910

Retraction Note

The editor has retracted this article [1] due to overlap with a previously published article [2]. Both articles also appear to use the same image representing different fungal mycelial growths. S.K. Sharma and N.S. Atri do not agree to this retraction. N. Gautam has not responded to correspondence from the editor about this retraction.

References

  • 1.Sharma SK, Gautam N, Atri NS. Optimized extraction, composition, antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of exo and intracellular polysaccharides from submerged culture of Cordyceps cicadae. BMC Complement Altern Med. 2015;15:446. 10.1186/s12906-015-0967-y. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Retracted]
  • 2.Sharma SK, Gautam N, Atri NS. Optimization, composition, and antioxidant activities of exo- and intracellular polysaccharides in submerged culture of Cordyceps gracilis (Grev.) Durieu & Mont. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2015;2015:8. 10.1155/2015/462864. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Retracted]

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