Retraction Note: Biol Trace Elem Res (2018) 182:130–139

https://doi.org/10.1007/s12011-017-1080-5

The Editor-in-Chief has retracted this article after concerns were raised about potential multiple image overlaps in Fig. 6. Further investigation by the publisher found attempts to manipulate raw data and conflict of interest in the approval of ethical documents for the study. Therefore, the Editor-in-Chief has lost confidence in the data presented in this article.

Farhat Jabeen and Muhammad Saleem Khan do not agree to this retraction. Muhammad Saleem Asghar, Naureen Aziz Qureshi, and Muhammad Shakeel have not responded to any correspondence from the editor/publisher about this retraction.