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Retraction

RETRACTED: Mahmoud et al. Curcumin-Injected Musca domestica Larval Hemolymph: Cecropin Upregulation and Potential Anticancer Effect. Molecules 2022, 27, 1570

by
Shaymaa Mahmoud
1,
Sobhy Hassab El-Nabi
1,
Asmaa Hawash
1,2,
Hesham R. El-Seedi
3,4,5,*,
Shaden A. M. Khalifa
6,
Sami Ullah
7,8,
Abdullah G. Al-Sehemi
7,8 and
Islam M. El-Garawani
1,*
1
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Menoufia University, Menoufia 32511, Egypt
2
Department of Bioscience, Faculty of Dentistry, Sinai University, Ismailia 41632, Egypt
3
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Menoufia University, Menoufia 32511, Egypt
4
International Joint Research Laboratory of Intelligent Agriculture and Agri-Products Processing, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
5
School of Food and Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
6
Department of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University, S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
7
Research Center for Advanced Materials Science (RCAMS), King Khalid University, P.O. Box 9004, Abha 61413, Saudi Arabia
8
Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Khalid University, P.O. Box 9004, Abha 61413, Saudi Arabia
*
Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Molecules 2025, 30(18), 3707; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules30183707
Submission received: 11 June 2025 / Accepted: 2 July 2025 / Published: 12 September 2025
Versions Notes
The journal retracts the article titled “Curcumin-Injected Musca domestica Larval Hemolymph: Cecropin Upregulation and Potential Anticancer Effect” [1], cited above.
Following publication, concerns have been brought to the attention of the Editorial Office related to image irregularities contained within this article [1].
Adhering to our standard procedure, an investigation was conducted by the Editorial Office that confirmed unusual image anomalies and duplication between Figure 3 and Figure 4 [1], presenting different experimental conditions. Following a review of the material provided by the authors, the Editorial Board has lost confidence in the integrity of the findings and has decided to retract this publication [1], as per MDPI’s retraction policy (https://www.mdpi.com/ethics#_bookmark30).
This retraction was approved by the Editor-in-Chief of the Molecules journal.
The authors did not agree to this retraction.

Reference

  1. Mahmoud, S.; Hassab El-Nabi, S.; Hawash, A.; El-Seedi, H.R.; Khalifa, S.A.M.; Ullah, S.; Al-Sehemi, A.G.; El-Garawani, I.M. RETRACTED: Curcumin-Injected Musca domestica Larval Hemolymph: Cecropin Upregulation and Potential Anticancer Effect. Molecules 2022, 27, 1570. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
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Mahmoud, S.; Hassab El-Nabi, S.; Hawash, A.; El-Seedi, H.R.; Khalifa, S.A.M.; Ullah, S.; Al-Sehemi, A.G.; El-Garawani, I.M. RETRACTED: Mahmoud et al. Curcumin-Injected Musca domestica Larval Hemolymph: Cecropin Upregulation and Potential Anticancer Effect. Molecules 2022, 27, 1570. Molecules 2025, 30, 3707. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules30183707

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Mahmoud S, Hassab El-Nabi S, Hawash A, El-Seedi HR, Khalifa SAM, Ullah S, Al-Sehemi AG, El-Garawani IM. RETRACTED: Mahmoud et al. Curcumin-Injected Musca domestica Larval Hemolymph: Cecropin Upregulation and Potential Anticancer Effect. Molecules 2022, 27, 1570. Molecules. 2025; 30(18):3707. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules30183707

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Mahmoud, Shaymaa, Sobhy Hassab El-Nabi, Asmaa Hawash, Hesham R. El-Seedi, Shaden A. M. Khalifa, Sami Ullah, Abdullah G. Al-Sehemi, and Islam M. El-Garawani. 2025. "RETRACTED: Mahmoud et al. Curcumin-Injected Musca domestica Larval Hemolymph: Cecropin Upregulation and Potential Anticancer Effect. Molecules 2022, 27, 1570" Molecules 30, no. 18: 3707. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules30183707

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Mahmoud, S., Hassab El-Nabi, S., Hawash, A., El-Seedi, H. R., Khalifa, S. A. M., Ullah, S., Al-Sehemi, A. G., & El-Garawani, I. M. (2025). RETRACTED: Mahmoud et al. Curcumin-Injected Musca domestica Larval Hemolymph: Cecropin Upregulation and Potential Anticancer Effect. Molecules 2022, 27, 1570. Molecules, 30(18), 3707. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules30183707

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