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Retraction note: Protective and antidiabetic effects of extract from Nigella sativa on blood glucose concentrations against streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic in rats: an experimental study with histopathological evaluation

Diagnostic Pathology volume 11, Article number: 125 (2016) Cite this article

The Original Article was published on 15 August 2013

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The Editor-in-Chief and Publisher have retracted this article [1] because the scientific integrity of the content cannot be guaranteed. An investigation by the Publisher found it to be one of a group of articles we have identified as showing evidence suggestive of attempts to subvert the peer review and publication system to inappropriately obtain or allocate authorship. This article showed evidence of plagiarism (most notably from the articles cited [2–5]) and peer review and authorship manipulation.

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  1. Department of Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran

    Samad Alimohammadi

  2. Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran

    Rahim Hobbenaghi

  3. Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran

    Javad Javanbakht

  4. Faculty of Medicine MD, Graduate Student of Islamic Azad University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

    Danial Kheradmand

  5. Young Researchers Club and Elites, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashahd, Iran

    Reza Mortezaee

  6. Graduate Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran

    Maryam Tavakoli

  7. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran

    Farshid Khadivar

  8. Department of Clinical Science, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran

    Hamid Akbari

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Alimohammadi, S., Hobbenaghi, R., Javanbakht, J. et al. Retraction note: Protective and antidiabetic effects of extract from Nigella sativa on blood glucose concentrations against streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic in rats: an experimental study with histopathological evaluation. Diagn Pathol 11, 125 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13000-016-0571-6

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