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Expression of concern: Ameliorative effect of biofabricated ZnO nanoparticles of Trianthema portulacastrum Linn. on dermal wounds via removal of oxidative stress and inflammation
Ekta Yadava,
Deepika Singha,
Pankajkumar Yadav*b and
Amita Verma*a
aBioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences (SHUATS), Allahabad 211007, India. E-mail: amitaverma.dr@gmail.com
bPharmaceutics Laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences (SHUATS), Allahabad-211007, India. E-mail: pypharm@gmail.com
First published on 3rd February 2023
Abstract
Expression of concern for ‘Ameliorative effect of biofabricated ZnO nanoparticles of Trianthema portulacastrum Linn. on dermal wounds via removal of oxidative stress and inflammation’ by Ekta Yadav et al., RSC Adv., 2018, 8, 21621–21635, https://doi.org/10.1039/C8RA03500H.
RSC Advances is publishing this expression of concern in order to alert our readers that we are presently unsure of the reliability of the data reported in Fig. 3 of the article. A number of the wound healing images in Fig. 3 have been duplicated either within the figure, or in two of the authors' publications in Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy.1,2
The authors have provided a replacement figure for consideration and say that the new data does not affect the conclusions of the paper. The Royal Society of Chemistry has asked the affiliated institution to investigate this matter and establish whether the replacement images provided by the authors provide an accurate representation of the experiments that were conducted, and confirm the integrity and reliability of the new data provided. An expression of concern will continue to be associated with this manuscript until we receive information from the institution on this matter.
Laura Fisher
24th January 2023
Executive Editor, RSC Advances
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- E. Yadav, D. Singh, P. Yadav and A. Verma, Biomed. Pharmacother., 2018, 108, 1572–1583 CrossRef CAS PubMed.
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