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

Nabil A Alhakamy^{1

2

3}, Osama A A Ahmed¹, Mallesh Kurakula⁴, Giuseppe Caruso⁵, Filippo Caraci^{5

6}, Hani Z Asfour⁷, Anas Alfarsi¹, Basma G Eid⁸, Amir I Mohamed⁹, Nabil K Alruwaili¹⁰, Wesam H Abdulaal¹¹, Usama A Fahmy¹, Hani A Alhadrami^{12

13}, Basmah M Eldakhakhny¹⁴, Ashraf B Abdel-Naim⁸

Affiliations

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.

PMID: 38399357
PMCID: PMC10891844
DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics16020196

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

Nabil A Alhakamy et al. Pharmaceutics. 2024.

. 2024 Jan 30;16(2):196.

doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics16020196.

Authors

Affiliations

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.

PMID: 38399357
PMCID: PMC10891844
DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics16020196

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The journal retracts the article "Chitosan-Based Microparticles Enhance Ellagic Acid's Colon Targeting and Proapoptotic Activity" [...].

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Chitosan-Based Microparticles Enhance Ellagic Acid's Colon Targeting and Proapoptotic Activity.
Alhakamy NA, Ahmed OAA, Kurakula M, Caruso G, Caraci F, Asfour HZ, Alfarsi A, Eid BG, Mohamed AI, Alruwaili NK, Abdulaal WH, Fahmy UA, Alhadrami HA, Eldakhakhny BM, Abdel-Naim AB. Alhakamy NA, et al. Pharmaceutics. 2020 Jul 9;12(7):652. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12070652. Pharmaceutics. 2020. Retraction in: Pharmaceutics. 2024 Jan 30;16(2):196. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics16020196. PMID: 32660035 Free PMC article. Retracted.

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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. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12070652. - DOI - PubMed
1. 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. doi: 10.3390/md18040226. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

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