The journal retracts the article, “Antiproliferative Activity of Triterpene Glycoside Nutrient from Monk Fruit in Colorectal Cancer and Throat Cancer” [], cited above.
Following publication, the authors contacted the publisher to raise concerns regarding the reliability of a number of the images presented in this article [].
Adhering to our standard procedure, an investigation was conducted by the Editorial Office and Editorial Board that confirmed the presence of a partial figure duplication within this publication [] and a number of panels duplicated from an earlier publication [], produced by a different author group.
As a result, the Editorial Board and the authors have agreed that the findings of this article could not be relied upon and have decided to retract this publication [], as per MDPI’s retraction policy (https://www.mdpi.com/ethics#_bookmark30, accessed on 15 August 2024).
This retraction was approved by the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Nutrients.
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