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RETRACTED: Alhakamy et al. Chitosan-Based Microparticles Enhance Ellagic Acid’s Colon Targeting and Proapoptotic Activity. Pharmaceutics 2020, 12, 652

by
Nabil A. Alhakamy
1,2,3,
Osama A. A. Ahmed
1,
Mallesh Kurakula
4,
Giuseppe Caruso
5,
Filippo Caraci
5,6,
Hani Z. Asfour
7,
Anas Alfarsi
1,
Basma G. Eid
8,
Amir I. Mohamed
9,
Nabil K. Alruwaili
10,
Wesam H. Abdulaal
11,
Usama A. Fahmy
1,
Hani A. Alhadrami
12,13,
Basmah M. Eldakhakhny
14 and
Ashraf B. Abdel-Naim
8,*
1
Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
2
Advanced Drug Delivery Research Group, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
3
Center of Excellence for Drug Research and Pharmaceutical Industries, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
4
Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152, USA
5
Oasi Research Institute—IRCCS, Via Conte Ruggero, 73, 94018 Troina, Italy
6
Department of Drug Sciences, University of Catania, 95125 Catania, Italy
7
Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
8
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
9
Department of Pharmaceutics and Industrial Pharmacy, Military Medical Academy, Cairo 11757, Egypt
10
Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jouf University, Skaka P.O. Box 2014, Saudi Arabia
11
Department of Biochemistry, Cancer Metabolism and Epigenetic Unit, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
12
Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80402, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
13
Special Infectious Agent Unit (Biosafety Level 3), King Fahd Medical Research Centre, P.O. Box 80402, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
14
Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
 
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Pharmaceutics 2024, 16(2), 196; https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics16020196
Submission received: 16 January 2024 / Accepted: 16 January 2024 / Published: 30 January 2024
Versions Notes
The journal retracts the article “Chitosan-Based Microparticles Enhance Ellagic Acid’s Colon Targeting and Proapoptotic Activity” [1], cited above.
Following publication, concerns were brought to the attention of the publisher regarding overlap of the images.
Adhering to our complaints procedure, an investigation was conducted that confirmed the overlap of Figure 7 with a figure in a previously published article [2], listing different experimental time points [2]. Furthermore, an overlap between Figures 4 and 5 within this article [1] was also confirmed.
While the authors fully cooperated with the Editorial Office during the investigation, they were unable to satisfactorily explain the overlap of the figures, nor could they meet the required quality standards for raw images in order to consider a correction as per the journal’s original image requirements policy (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/pharmaceutics/instruc-tions#oriimages). As a result, the Editorial Board and Editor-in-Chief were unable to confirm the reliability of the findings and subsequently decided to retract this paper.
This retraction was approved by the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Pharmaceutics.
The authors did not agree to this retraction.

References

  1. Alhakamy, N.A.; Ahmed, O.A.A.; Kurakula, M.; Caruso, G.; Caraci, F.; Asfour, H.Z.; Alfarsi, A.; Eid, B.G.; Mohamed, A.I.; Alruwaili, N.K.; et al. RETRACTED: Chitosan-Based Microparticles Enhance Ellagic Acid’s Colon Targeting and Proapoptotic Activity. Pharmaceutics 2020, 12, 652. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
  2. Alhakamy, N.A.; Fahmy, U.A.; Ahmed, O.A.A.; Caruso, G.; Caraci, F.; Asfour, H.Z.; Bakhrebah, M.A.; N. Alomary, M.; Abdulaal, W.H.; Okbazghi, S.Z.; et al. Chitosan Coated Microparticles Enhance Simvastatin Colon Targeting and Pro-Apoptotic Activity. Mar. Drugs 2020, 18, 226. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
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Alhakamy, N.A.; Ahmed, O.A.A.; Kurakula, M.; Caruso, G.; Caraci, F.; Asfour, H.Z.; Alfarsi, A.; Eid, B.G.; Mohamed, A.I.; Alruwaili, N.K.; et al. RETRACTED: Alhakamy et al. Chitosan-Based Microparticles Enhance Ellagic Acid’s Colon Targeting and Proapoptotic Activity. Pharmaceutics 2020, 12, 652. Pharmaceutics 2024, 16, 196. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics16020196

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Alhakamy NA, Ahmed OAA, Kurakula M, Caruso G, Caraci F, Asfour HZ, Alfarsi A, Eid BG, Mohamed AI, Alruwaili NK, et al. RETRACTED: Alhakamy et al. Chitosan-Based Microparticles Enhance Ellagic Acid’s Colon Targeting and Proapoptotic Activity. Pharmaceutics 2020, 12, 652. Pharmaceutics. 2024; 16(2):196. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics16020196

Chicago/Turabian Style

Alhakamy, Nabil A., Osama A. A. Ahmed, Mallesh Kurakula, Giuseppe Caruso, Filippo Caraci, Hani Z. Asfour, Anas Alfarsi, Basma G. Eid, Amir I. Mohamed, Nabil K. Alruwaili, and et al. 2024. "RETRACTED: Alhakamy et al. Chitosan-Based Microparticles Enhance Ellagic Acid’s Colon Targeting and Proapoptotic Activity. Pharmaceutics 2020, 12, 652" Pharmaceutics 16, no. 2: 196. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics16020196

APA Style

Alhakamy, N. A., Ahmed, O. A. A., Kurakula, M., Caruso, G., Caraci, F., Asfour, H. Z., Alfarsi, A., Eid, B. G., Mohamed, A. I., Alruwaili, N. K., Abdulaal, W. H., Fahmy, U. A., Alhadrami, H. A., Eldakhakhny, B. M., & Abdel-Naim, A. B. (2024). RETRACTED: Alhakamy et al. Chitosan-Based Microparticles Enhance Ellagic Acid’s Colon Targeting and Proapoptotic Activity. Pharmaceutics 2020, 12, 652. Pharmaceutics, 16(2), 196. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics16020196

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