Retraction Notice: Tocotrienols and its Role in Cardiovascular Health- a Lead for Drug Design

Curr Pharm Des. 2011;17(21):2170-5. doi: 10.2174/138161211796957508.

Abstract

The article has been retracted by the Editorial office of the journal Current Pharmaceutical Design, due to some inconsistencies in the article [1]. The article appeared to be copied verbatim from published papers. Upon checking these facts, we have established that considerable portions of this review are made up of text copied verbatim from other published material. The Publisher has retracted this article in accordance with good ethical practices.

Reference: [1] Vasanthi HR, Parameswari RP and Das DK. Tocotrienols and its Role in Cardiovascular Health- a Lead for Drug Design. Curr Pharm Des 2011; 17(21): 2170-5. Bentham Science apologizes to the readers of the journal for any inconvenience this may have caused. The Bentham Editorial Policy on Article Retraction can be found at https://benthamscience.com/editorial-policies-main.php.

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Publication types

  • Review
  • Retracted Publication

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antioxidants / administration & dosage
  • Antioxidants / adverse effects
  • Antioxidants / therapeutic use*
  • Cardiovascular Diseases / blood
  • Cardiovascular Diseases / etiology
  • Cardiovascular Diseases / prevention & control*
  • Diabetes Mellitus / blood
  • Diabetes Mellitus / drug therapy
  • Drug Design*
  • Humans
  • Hypercholesterolemia / blood
  • Hypercholesterolemia / complications
  • Hypercholesterolemia / drug therapy
  • Lipid Metabolism / drug effects
  • Lipids / blood
  • Obesity / blood
  • Obesity / complications
  • Obesity / drug therapy
  • Risk Factors
  • Tocotrienols / administration & dosage
  • Tocotrienols / adverse effects
  • Tocotrienols / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Antioxidants
  • Lipids
  • Tocotrienols