The corresponding author and publisher hereby retract the following articles from publication in Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology:
Isolated compounds from Sorghum bicolor L. inhibit the classical pathway of the complement
Hyung-In Moon, Young-Choon Lee, and Jai-Heon Lee
Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology 2012 34:2, 299–302, DOI: 10.3109/08923973.2011.602690
Effect of fermented Angelicae gigantis Radix on carbon tetrachloride-induced hepatotoxicity and oxidative stress in rats
Jae-Young Cha, Hee young Ahn, Hyung-In Moon, Yong-Kee Jeong, and Young-Su Cho
Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology 2012 34:2, 265–274, DOI: 10.3109/08923973.2011.600765
Inhibition effects of isolated compounds from Artemisia rubripes Nakai of the classical pathway on the complement system
Seil Jung, Jai-Heon Lee, Young-Choon Lee, and Hyung-In Moon
Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology 2012 34:2, 244–246, DOI: 10.3109/08923973.2011.599034
Inhibitory effects of three oleanolic acid glycosides from Achyranthes japonica on the complement classical pathway
Seil Jung, Jai-Heon Lee, Young-Choon Lee, and Hyung-In Moon
Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology 2012 34:2, 213–215, DOI: 10.3109/08923973.2011.594954
Anticomplement activity of organic solvent extracts from Korea local Amarantaceae spp.
Seil Jung, Jai-Heon Lee, Young-Choon Lee, and Hyung-In Moon
Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology 2012 34:2, 210–212, DOI: 10.3109/08923973.2011.593180
Immunotoxicity activity from various organic solvents extract of Allium genus from South Korea against Aedes aegypti L.
Jung-Dae Lim, Ill-Min Chung, and Hyung-In Moon
Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology 2011 33:3, 484–487, DOI: 10.3109/08923973.2010.540713
Composition and immunotoxicity activity of major essential oils from stems of Allium victorialis L. var. platyphyllum Makino against Aedes aegypti L.
Ill-Min Chung, Hong-Keun Song, Min-A Yeo, and Hyung-In Moon
Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology 2011 33:3, 480–483, DOI: 10.3109/08923973.2010.539615
Major essential oils composition and immunotoxicity activity from leaves of Foeniculum vulgare against Aedes aegypti L.
Ill-Min Chung, Hee-Myong Ro, and Huyng-In Moon
Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology 2011 33:3, 450–453, DOI: 10.3109/08923973.2010.532805
Inhibition effects of the classical pathway complement of three Sorghum bicolor from South Korea
Ill-Min Chung, Myong-Jo Kim, Dong-Sik Park, and Hyung-In Moon
Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology 2011 33:3, 447–449, DOI: 10.3109/08923973.2010.532804
Immunotoxicity activity of sesquiterpenoids from black galingale (Kaempferia parviflora Wall. Ex. Baker) against Aedes aegypti L.
Hyung-In Moon, Sang-Buem Cho, Jun-Hyeong Lee, Hyun-Dong Paik, and Soo-Ki Kim
Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology 2011 33:2, 380–383, DOI: 10.3109/08923973.2010.520717
Immunotoxic sesquiterpene lactone from Carpesium rosulatum Miq
Hyung-In Moon and Okpyo Zee
Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology 2011 33:2, 338–341, DOI: 10.3109/08923973.2010.511233
Composition and immunotoxicity activity of essential oils from leaves of Zingiber officinale Roscoe against Aedes aegypti L
Hyung-In Moon, Sang-Buem Cho, and Soo-Ki Kim
Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology 2011 33:1, 201–204, DOI: 10.3109/08923973.2010.495393
Composition and immunotoxicity activity of essential oils from Lindera obtusiloba Blume against Aedes aegypti L
Ill-Min Chung and Hyung-In Moon
Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology 2011 33:1, 146–149, DOI: 10.3109/08923973.2010.487871
Immunotoxicity activity of the major essential oils of Valeriana fauriei Briq against Aedes aegypti L
Ill-Min Chung, Eun-Hye Kim, and Hyung-In Moon
Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology 2011 33:1, 107–110, DOI: 10.3109/08923973.2010.484839
Immunotoxicity activity of 1,2,4-Trimethoxybenzene from the Paulownia coreana Uyeki. against Aedes aegypti L
Ill-Min Chung and Hyung-In Moon
Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology 2011 33:1, 97–99, DOI: 10.3109/08923973.2010.482591
Immunotoxicity activity of 2,6,10,15-tetrame-heptadecane from the essential oils of Clerodendron trichotomum Thunb. against Aedes aegypti L
Sung-Jae Lee and Hyung-In Moon
Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology 2010 32:4, 705–707, DOI: 10.3109/08923971003685959
Caesalpinia sappan L. ameliorates hypercholesterolemia in C57BL/6 mice and suppresses inflammatory responses in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) by antioxidant mechanism
Min-Ja Lee, Hye-Sook Lee, Hyun-Jung Jung, Chang-Sub Lee, Jai-Eun Kim, Hyung-In Moon, and Won-Hwan Park
Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology 2010 32:4, 671–679, DOI: 10.3109/08923971003671116
Immunotoxicity activity of the major essential oil of Filipendula glaberrima against Aedes aegypti L
Sung-Jae Lee and Hyung-In Moon
Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology 2010 32:4, 617–619, DOI: 10.3109/08923971003652983
Effects of immunotoxic activity of the major essential oil of Angelica purpuraefolia Chung against Aedes aegypti L
Yool-Jin Park, Ill-Min Chung, and Hyung-In Moon
Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology 2010 32:4, 611–613, DOI: 10.3109/08923971003639493
Antiplasmodial procyanidins derivatives from Chinese Hawthorn
Yool-Jin Park, Ill-Min Chung, and Hyung-In Moon
Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology 2010 32:4, 607–610, DOI: 10.3109/08923971003631417
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 apologizes 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.