RETRACTED: Awan et al. The Enhanced Cytotoxic and Pro-Apoptotic Effects of Optimized Simvastatin-Loaded Emulsomes on MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cells. Pharmaceutics 2020, 12, 597

Zuhier A Awan; Usama A Fahmy; Shaimaa M Badr-Eldin; Tarek S Ibrahim; Hani Z Asfour; Mohammed W Al-Rabia; Anas Alfarsi; Nabil A Alhakamy; Wesam H Abdulaal; Hadeel Al Sadoun; Nawal Helmi; Ahmad O Noor; Filippo Caraci; Diena M Almasri; Giuseppe Caruso

doi:10.3390/pharmaceutics16020191

RETRACTED: Awan et al. The Enhanced Cytotoxic and Pro-Apoptotic Effects of Optimized Simvastatin-Loaded Emulsomes on MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cells. Pharmaceutics 2020, 12, 597

Pharmaceutics. 2024 Jan 29;16(2):191. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics16020191.

Authors

Zuhier A Awan¹, Usama A Fahmy^{2

3}, Shaimaa M Badr-Eldin^{2

4}, Tarek S Ibrahim⁵, Hani Z Asfour⁶, Mohammed W Al-Rabia⁶, Anas Alfarsi², Nabil A Alhakamy^{2

3

7

8}, Wesam H Abdulaal⁹, Hadeel Al Sadoun¹⁰, Nawal Helmi^{11

12}, Ahmad O Noor¹³, Filippo Caraci^{14

15}, Diena M Almasri¹³, Giuseppe Caruso¹⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
² Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
³ Advanced Drug Delivery Research Group, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
⁴ Department of Pharmaceutics and Industrial Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo 11562, Egypt.
⁵ Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
⁶ Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
⁷ Center of Excellence for Drug Research and Pharmaceutical Industries, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
⁸ King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
⁹ Department of Biochemistry, Cancer Metabolism and Epigenetic Unit, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
¹⁰ Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
¹¹ Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, College of Applied Medical Sciences, University of Jeddah, Jeddah 21959, Saudi Arabia.
¹² Department of Biochemistry, College of Sciences, University of Jeddah, Jeddah 21959, Saudi Arabia.
¹³ Pharmacy Practice Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
¹⁴ Oasi Research Institute-IRCCS, Via Conte Ruggero, 73, 94018 Troina, EN, Italy.
¹⁵ Department of Drug Sciences, University of Catania, 95125 Catania, Italy.

Abstract

The journal retracts the article, "The Enhanced Cytotoxic and Pro-Apoptotic Effects of Optimized Simvastatin-Loaded Emulsomes on MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cells" [...].

Publication types

Retraction of Publication