Statement of Retraction

Abstract

The following article has been retracted from publication in International Journal of Radiation Biology:

Samarth, R.M., Panwar, M., Kumar, M., Kumar, A. (2006). Radioprotective influence of Mentha piperita (Linn) against gamma irradiation in mice: Antioxidant and radical scavenging activity.

International Journal of Radiation Biology, 82:331 – 337.

This article has been found to reproduce content, without appropriate attribution or acknowledgement, from the following original articles:

• Samarth, R.M., Kumar, A. (2003). Radioprotection of Swiss albino mice by plant extract Mentha piperita (Linn.). Journal of Radiation Research (Tokyo), 44:101 – 109

• Samarth, R.M., Panwar, M., Kumar, A. (2006). Modulatory effects of Mentha piperita on lung tumor incidence, genotoxicity, and oxidative stress in benzo[a]pyrene-treated Swiss albino mice. Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis, 47:192 – 198.

• Samarth, R.M., Panwar, M., Kumar, M., Kumar, A. (2006). Protective effects of Mentha piperita Linn on benzo[a]pyrene-induced lung carcinogenicity and mutagenicity in Swiss albino mice. Mutagenesis, 21:61 – 66.

The journal's policy in this respect is clear: the International Journal of Radiation Biology considers all manuscripts on the strict condition that they have been submitted only to the International Journal of Radiation Biology, that they have not been published already, nor are they under consideration for publication or in press elsewhere.

The International Journal of Radiation Biology published this article in good faith, and on the basis of legal warranties made by the corresponding author regarding the originality of their work. The article is withdrawn from all print and electronic editions.