RETRACTED: Alhakamy et al. Optimized Ellagic Acid–Ca Pectinate Floating Beads for Gastroprotection against Indomethacin-Induced Gastric Injury in Rats. Biomolecules 2020, 10, 1006
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Nabil A. Alhakamy
1,2,3,
Shaimaa M. Badr-Eldin
1,4,*
,
Osama A. A. Ahmed
1,2,
Abdulrahman A. Halwani
1,
Hibah M. Aldawsari
1,
Mohamed A. El-Moselhy
5,6,
Aliaa Anter
6,
Sara S. Sharkawi
6,
Muhammad H. Sultan
7,
Osama A. A. Madkhali
7,
Muhammed A. Bakhrebah
8,
Mohammad N. Alomary
8,
Wesam H. Abdulaal
9 and
Usama A. Fahmy
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Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
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Advanced Drug Delivery Research Group, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
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Center of Excellence for Drug Research and Pharmaceutical Industries, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
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Department of Pharmaceutics and Industrial Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo 12613, Egypt
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Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Ibn Sina National College for Medical Studies, Jeddah 22413, Saudi Arabia
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Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Minia University, Minia 61519, Egypt
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Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia
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Life Science and Environment Research Institute, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Riyadh 12354, Saudi Arabia
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Department of Biochemistry, Cancer Metabolism and Epigenetic Unit, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
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Biomolecules 2024, 14(3), 351; https://doi.org/10.3390/biom14030351
Submission received: 6 February 2024
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Accepted: 13 February 2024
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Published: 14 March 2024
The journal retracts the article, “Optimized Ellagic Acid–Ca Pectinate Floating Beads for Gastroprotection against Indomethacin-Induced Gastric Injury in Rats” [1], cited above.
Following publication, concerns were brought to the attention of the Publisher regarding the duplication of images across other publications [2,3], representing different experimental conditions.
Adhering to our complaints procedure, an investigation was conducted by the Editorial Office and Editorial Board that confirmed that Figure 10B from this article [1] overlaps with Figure 7B of the publication [2] and Figure 4B of the publication [3].
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Alhakamy, N.A.; Badr-Eldin, S.M.; Ahmed, O.A.A.; Halwani, A.A.; Aldawsari, H.M.; El-Moselhy, M.A.; Anter, A.; Sharkawi, S.S.; Sultan, M.H.; Madkhali, O.A.A.; et al. RETRACTED: Alhakamy et al. Optimized Ellagic Acid–Ca Pectinate Floating Beads for Gastroprotection against Indomethacin-Induced Gastric Injury in Rats. Biomolecules 2020, 10, 1006. Biomolecules 2024, 14, 351. https://doi.org/10.3390/biom14030351
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Alhakamy NA, Badr-Eldin SM, Ahmed OAA, Halwani AA, Aldawsari HM, El-Moselhy MA, Anter A, Sharkawi SS, Sultan MH, Madkhali OAA, et al. RETRACTED: Alhakamy et al. Optimized Ellagic Acid–Ca Pectinate Floating Beads for Gastroprotection against Indomethacin-Induced Gastric Injury in Rats. Biomolecules 2020, 10, 1006. Biomolecules. 2024; 14(3):351. https://doi.org/10.3390/biom14030351
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlhakamy, Nabil A., Shaimaa M. Badr-Eldin, Osama A. A. Ahmed, Abdulrahman A. Halwani, Hibah M. Aldawsari, Mohamed A. El-Moselhy, Aliaa Anter, Sara S. Sharkawi, Muhammad H. Sultan, Osama A. A. Madkhali, and et al. 2024. "RETRACTED: Alhakamy et al. Optimized Ellagic Acid–Ca Pectinate Floating Beads for Gastroprotection against Indomethacin-Induced Gastric Injury in Rats. Biomolecules 2020, 10, 1006" Biomolecules 14, no. 3: 351. https://doi.org/10.3390/biom14030351
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