Retraction notice to "Synthesis, molecular docking study and anticancer activity of novel 1,3,4-oxadiazole derivatives as potential tubulin inhibitors" [Heliyon 9 (2023) e13460]

Tarek A Yousef^{1

2}, Abdulrahman G Alhamzani¹, Mortaga M Abou-Krisha^{1

3}, G Kanthimathi⁴, M S Raghu⁵, K Yogesh Kumar⁶, M K Prashanth⁷, Byong-Hun Jeon⁸

Affiliations

¹ College of Science, Chemistry Department, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh 11623, Saudi Arabia.
² Department of Toxic and Narcotic Drug, Forensic Medicine, Mansoura Laboratory, Medicolegal Organization, Ministry of Justice, Egypt.
³ Department of Chemistry, South Valley University, Qena, 83523, Egypt.
⁴ Department of Chemistry, Ramco Institute of Technology, Rajapalayam, Tamilnadu, 626117, India.
⁵ Department of Chemistry, New Horizon College of Engineering, Bengaluru 560 103, India.
⁶ Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Jain University, Ramanagara, 562 112, India.
⁷ Department of Chemistry, B N M Institute of Technology, Bengaluru 560 070, India.
⁸ Department of Earth Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, 222, Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul, 04763, Republic of Korea.

Tarek A Yousef et al. Heliyon. 2025.

. 2025 Mar 12;11(6):e43143.

doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2025.e43143. eCollection 2025 Mar 20.

Tarek A Yousef^{1

2}, Abdulrahman G Alhamzani¹, Mortaga M Abou-Krisha^{1

3}, G Kanthimathi⁴, M S Raghu⁵, K Yogesh Kumar⁶, M K Prashanth⁷, Byong-Hun Jeon⁸

¹ College of Science, Chemistry Department, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh 11623, Saudi Arabia.
² Department of Toxic and Narcotic Drug, Forensic Medicine, Mansoura Laboratory, Medicolegal Organization, Ministry of Justice, Egypt.
³ Department of Chemistry, South Valley University, Qena, 83523, Egypt.
⁴ Department of Chemistry, Ramco Institute of Technology, Rajapalayam, Tamilnadu, 626117, India.
⁵ Department of Chemistry, New Horizon College of Engineering, Bengaluru 560 103, India.
⁶ Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Jain University, Ramanagara, 562 112, India.
⁷ Department of Chemistry, B N M Institute of Technology, Bengaluru 560 070, India.
⁸ Department of Earth Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, 222, Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul, 04763, Republic of Korea.

Abstract

[This retracts the article DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e13460.].

Synthesis, molecular docking study and anticancer activity of novel 1,3,4-oxadiazole derivatives as potential tubulin inhibitors.
Yousef TA, Alhamzani AG, Abou-Krisha MM, Kanthimathi G, Raghu MS, Kumar KY, Prashanth MK, Jeon BH. Yousef TA, et al. Heliyon. 2023 Feb 8;9(2):e13460. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e13460. eCollection 2023 Feb. Heliyon. 2023. Retraction in: Heliyon. 2025 Mar 12;11(6):e43143. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2025.e43143. PMID: 36846693 Free PMC article. Retracted.