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ArticlePloS one2016

RETRACTED: Magnetic Properties of Polyvinyl Alcohol and Doxorubicine Loaded Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for Anticancer Drug Delivery Applications.

Muhammad Nadeem, Munir Ahmad, Muhammad Saeed Akhtar, Amiruddin Shaari, Saira Riaz, Shahzad Naseem, Misbah Masood, M A Saeed

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Article in PloS one, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Cited by 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
5.4field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 113 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Muhammad NadeemPhysics Department, Faculty of Science, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Skudai-81310, Johor, Malaysia.
Munir AhmadDepartment of Medical Physics, Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Oncology (INMOL), Lahore, Pakistan.
Muhammad Saeed AkhtarDivison of Science and Technology, University of Education, Township Campus, Lahore, Pakistan.
Amiruddin ShaariPhysics Department, Faculty of Science, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Skudai-81310, Johor, Malaysia.
Saira RiazCenter of Excellence in Solid State Physics, University of the Punjab, Lahore, 54590, Pakistan.
Shahzad NaseemCenter of Excellence in Solid State Physics, University of the Punjab, Lahore, 54590, Pakistan.
Misbah MasoodDepartment of Oncology, Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Oncology (INMOL), Lahore, Pakistan.
M A SaeedPhysics Department, Faculty of Science, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Skudai-81310, Johor, Malaysia.
University of the Punjab · PKUniversity of Technology Malaysia · MYInstitute of Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine · PKUniversity of Education · PKUniversity of Lahore · PK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The current study emphasizes the synthesis of iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) and impact of hydrophilic polymer polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) coating concentration as well as anticancer drug doxorubicin (DOX) loading on saturation magnetization for target drug delivery applications. Iron oxide nanoparticles particles were synthesized by a reformed version of the co-precipitation method. The coating of polyvinyl alcohol along with doxorubicin loading was carried out by the physical immobilization method. X-ray diffraction confirmed the magnetite (Fe3O4) structure of particles that remained unchanged before and after polyvinyl alcohol coating and drug loading. Microstructure and morphological analysis was carried out by transmission electron microscopy revealing the formation of nanoparticles with an average size of 10 nm with slight variation after coating and drug loading. Transmission electron microscopy, energy dispersive, and Fourier transform infrared spectra further confirmed the conjugation of polymer and doxorubicin with iron oxide nanoparticles. The room temperature superparamagnetic behavior of polymer-coated and drug-loaded magnetite nanoparticles were studied by vibrating sample magnetometer. The variation in saturation magnetization after coating evaluated that a sufficient amount of polyvinyl alcohol would be 3 wt. % regarding the externally controlled movement of IONPs in blood under the influence of applied magnetic field for in-vivo target drug delivery.

Indexed as

Magnetic FieldsAntibiotics, AntineoplasticDoxorubicinFerric CompoundsMagnetite NanoparticlesPolyvinyl AlcoholAntibiotics, AntineoplasticDoxorubicinFerric Compoundsferric oxideMagnetite NanoparticlesPolyvinyl Alcohol

Identifiers

PMID27348436
PMCPMC4922557
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