Abstract
The corresponding author and publisher hereby retract the following articles from publication in the International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition:
Hepatoprotective effects on alcoholic liver disease of fermented silkworms with Bacillus subtilis and Aspergillus kawachii
Jae-Young Cha, Yong-Soon Kim, Hyung-In Moon, and Young-Su Cho
International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition 63(5): 537–547, doi: 10.3109/09637486.2011.607801
Anticancer activity of sesquiterpene lactone from plant food (Carpesium rosulatum) in human cancer cell lines
Hyung-In Moon and Okpyo Zee
International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition 2011; 62(2):102–105, doi: 10.3109/09637486.2010.513682
Anti-complement activity of essential oils from red and black rice bran
Ill-Min Chung, Min-A Yeo, Sun-Jin Kim, and Hyung-In Moon
International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition 2011; 62(3):215–218, doi: 10.3109/09637486.2010.503187
The peer-review process for all of the above articles was found to have been compromised and inappropriately influenced by the corresponding author, Professor Hyung-In Moon. As a result, the findings and conclusions of these articles cannot be relied upon.
The corresponding author and the publisher wish to retract these papers to preserve the integrity of material published in the journal. The publisher acknowledges that the integrity of the peer-review process should have been subject to more rigorous verification to ensure the reviews provided were genuine and impartial. The publisher apologises for any inconvenience rendered to the readers of the journal and wishes to assure the reader that measures have been taken to ensure that the peer-review process is comprehensively checked to avoid a similar error occurring.