The journal retracts the March 17 2022 article cited above.
Following concerns regarding the originality of the cited article, an investigation was conducted in accordance with Frontiers' policies. The investigation validated the main points of the complaint, and in particular that it is unacceptably similar to a previously published article by Wang et al. in the Journal of Practical Hepatology (1), and the article is therefore retracted.
This retraction was approved by the Chief Editors of Frontiers in Nutrition and the Chief Executive Editor of Frontiers. The authors do agree with the retraction.
Frontiers would like to thank the users on PubPeer for bringing the published article to our attention.
References
1.
WangZWangMLiJYangRZengJPanQet al. Protective effects of L-ornithine L-aspartate on mice with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and sarcopenic obesity. J Pract Hepatol. (2021) 24:657–60. 10.3969/j.issn.1672-5069.2021.05.013
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Citation
Frontiers Editorial Office (2025) Retraction: Ammonia scavenger restores liver and muscle injury in a mouse model of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis with sarcopenic obesity. Front. Nutr. 12:1730980. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2025.1730980
Received
23 October 2025
Accepted
23 October 2025
Published
27 October 2025
Approved by
Johannes le Coutre, University of New South Wales, Australia
Volume
12 - 2025
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