The corresponding author and publisher hereby retract the following article from publication in Pharmaceutical Biology:
Larvicidal activity of 4-hydroxycoumarin derivatives against Aedes aegypti
Jae-Chul Jung and Hyung-In Moon
Pharmaceutical Biology 2011 49:2, 190–193
The peer-review process for the above article was found to have been compromised and inappropriately influenced by the corresponding author, Professor HI 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.