Retraction: Oleandrin: A Cardiac Glycosides with Potent Cytotoxicity

Abstract

The Editor and Publisher of the journal Pharmacognosy Reviews regret to announce that the article entitled “Oleandrin: A cardiac glycosides with potent cytotoxicity” published in pages 131-139, issue 14, Volume 7 of the journal has been retracted on the grounds of plagiarism[1]. After the article's publication, it was brought to the journal's attention by a reader that several sections of the article have been directly copied and/or paraphrased without sufficient attribution including, http://flipper.diff.org/apptagsaccount/items/7017, http://horticultureandsoilscience.wikia.com/wiki/Nerium, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bufadienolide and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleandrin. Pharmacognosy Reviews published this article in good faith, and on the basis of signed statements made by the corresponding author regarding the originality of their work. The authors of the article have been contacted in accordance with COPE Guidelines, and did not respond. Notes The online version of the original article can be found under doi: 10.4103/0973-7847.120512.