RETRACTED ARTICLE: Investigation of Eutectic Mixtures of Fatty Acids as a Novel Construct for Temperature-Responsive Drug Delivery

Abstract

Parveen F, Madni A, Torchilin VP, et al. Int J Nanomedicine. 2022;17:2413–2434.

We, the Editors and Publisher of International Journal of Nanomedicine, have retracted the following article.

Following publication of the article, concerns were raised about the duplication of images from Figure 11 with images from other unrelated articles and with images within the same figure. Specifically,

• The image for Figure 11, Heart, Group-I, has been duplicated with the image for Figure 6, Heart, Test Group from Shah H, Madni A, Khan MM, et al. pH-Responsive Liposomes of Dioleoyl Phosphatidylethanolamine and Cholesteryl Hemisuccinate for the Enhanced Anticancer Efficacy of Cisplatin. Pharmaceutics. 2022;14(1):129. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics14010129.

• The images for Figure 11, Heart, Group-II and Group III, have been duplicated with the image for Figure 7, Heart, Group-I from Khan S, Madni A, Rahim MA, et al. Enhanced in vitro release and permeability of glibenclamide by proliposomes: Development, characterization and histopathological evaluation. Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology. 2021;63:102450. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jddst.2021.102450.

• The images for Figure 11, Heart, Group-II and Group-III, have been duplicated.

• The images for Figure 11, Spleen, Group-II and Group-III, have been duplicated.

• The images for Figure 11, Kidney, Group-1, Group-II and Group-III, have been duplicated.

When approached for an explanation, the authors were cooperative and provided some data for their study. However, the author’s explanation and the provided data was unable to sufficiently explain how the duplication of these images occurred and was unable to alleviate the journal’s concerns regarding the validity of the findings. As verifying the validity of published work is core to the integrity of the scholarly record, we are therefore retracting the article and the authors were notified of this.

We have been informed in our decision-making by our editorial policies and COPE guidelines.

The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as ‘Retracted’.

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Investigation of Eutectic Mixtures of Fatty Acids as a Novel Construct for Temperature-Responsive Drug Delivery [Retraction]

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Funding

This research received no external funding or grant except for two fellowships by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan.