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Expression of Concern to: Evaluation of acute toxicity and gastroprotective activity of curcuma purpurascens BI. Rhizome against ethanol-induced gastric mucosal injury in rats

BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies volume 25, Article number: 176 (2025) Cite this article

The Original Article was published on 06 October 2014

Expression of Concern to: BMC Complement Altern Med 14, 378 (2014)

https://doiorg.publicaciones.saludcastillayleon.es/10.1186/1472-6882-14-378


The Editors would like to alert the readers that concerns have been raised regarding the similarities between the bottom panel of Figure 5B and panel A of Figure 6 in [1]. Readers are advised to interpret these results with caution. Soheil Zorofchian Moghadamtousi has not stated whether they agree or disagree with this Editorial Expression of Concern. The remaining authors have not replied to correspondence from the Publisher.

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  1. Department of Pharmacology, Pharmacogenomics Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Elham Rouhollahi, Chung Yeng Looi & Zahurin Mohamed

  2. Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Soheil Zorofchian Moghadamtousi & Maryam Hajrezaie

  3. Department of Chemistry, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Omer Abdalla Ahmed Hamdi, Mehran Fadaeinasab & Khalijah Awang

  4. Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Mahmood Ameen Abdulla

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Rouhollahi, E., Moghadamtousi, S.Z., Hamdi, O.A.A. et al. Expression of Concern to: Evaluation of acute toxicity and gastroprotective activity of curcuma purpurascens BI. Rhizome against ethanol-induced gastric mucosal injury in rats. BMC Complement Med Ther 25, 176 (2025). https://doiorg.publicaciones.saludcastillayleon.es/10.1186/s12906-025-04901-2

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