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Retraction Note: Melastoma malabathricum Linn attenuates complete freund’s adjuvant-induced chronic inflammation in Wistar rats via inflammation response

The Original Article was published on 07 December 2016

Retraction Note: BMC Complement Altern Med 16, 510 (2016)

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12906-016-1470-9

The Editor has retracted this article. After publication concerns were raised about some of the images shown in Figure 6. These concerns are that for both kidney and liver there appears to be overlap between the NC and MM panels. The authors have not provided the raw data. The Editor therefore no longer has confidence in the results and conclusions presented. The authors have not responded to correspondence from the Editor about this retraction.

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Kumar, V., Bhatt, P.C., Sharma, K. et al. Retraction Note: Melastoma malabathricum Linn attenuates complete freund’s adjuvant-induced chronic inflammation in Wistar rats via inflammation response. BMC Complement Med Ther 22, 246 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12906-022-03723-w

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