Retraction Note: Gastroprotective effect of desmosdumotin C isolated from Mitrella kentii against ethanol-induced gastric mucosal hemorrhage in rats: possible involvement of glutathione, heat-shock protein-70, sulfhydryl compounds, nitric oxide, and anti-Helicobacter pylori activity

Retraction Note: BMC Complement Med Ther 13, 183 (2013)

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Sidahmed, H.M.A., Azizan, A.H.S., Mohan, S. et al. Retraction Note: Gastroprotective effect of desmosdumotin C isolated from Mitrella kentii against ethanol-induced gastric mucosal hemorrhage in rats: possible involvement of glutathione, heat-shock protein-70, sulfhydryl compounds, nitric oxide, and anti-Helicobacter pylori activity. BMC Complement Med Ther 24, 166 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12906-024-04475-5

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