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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2020

RETRACTED: Nanoformulated Ajwa (Phoenix Dactylifera) Bioactive Compounds Improve the Safety of Doxorubicin without Compromising its Anticancer Efficacy in Breast Cancer.

Kavitha Godugu, Ali H El-Far, Soad Al Jaouni, Shaker A Mousa

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. 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 It has been retracted, and should not be counted.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 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Kavitha GoduguPharmaceutical Research Institute, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Rensselaer, NY 12144, USA.
Ali H El-FarDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Damanhour University, Damanhour 22511, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0001-9721-4360
Soad Al JaouniDepartment of Hematology/Pediatric Oncology, Yousef Abdulatif Jameel Scientific Chair of Prophetic Medicine Application, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
Shaker A MousaPharmaceutical Research Institute, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Rensselaer, NY 12144, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9294-015X
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences · USDamanhour University · EGKing Abdulaziz University · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

One of the major causes of women's death in the world is breast cancer. Consequently, numerous regimens for the control of this severe disease have been created. The chemotherapeutic agent doxorubicin (DOX) is frequently used to treat breast cancer, but DOX can also cause cardiotoxic effects that lead to heart failure. Therefore, many research studies have been done to find a natural product that effectively potentiates or does not interfere with DOX's anticancer effect and protects against its cardiotoxicity. We studied the impact of combined nanoformulated Ajwa (Phoenix dactylifera) selected bioactive compounds (BAC) rutin (R) and quercetin (Q) in nude mice breast cancer xenografts on DOX-mediated anticancer efficacy. We also studied if this Ajwa BAC could safeguard against DOX-mediated cardiomyopathies by evaluating plasma cardiac troponin-I (cTn-I) levels and cardiac histopathology. Nanoformulated Ajwa BAC effectively alleviated weight loss induced by DOX in mice and significantly decreased the elevated cTn-I. Furthermore, 5 mg RQ-NPs/kg of nude mice that subcutaneously daily injected for 11 days, attenuated the histopathological alterations induced in cardiac muscles due to DOX without any interference with the anticancer effects of DOX against breast cancer.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntibiotics, AntineoplasticApoptosisBreast NeoplasmsCardiotoxicityCell ProliferationDoxorubicinDrug Therapy, CombinationFemaleHumansMiceMice, NudeNanoparticlesPhoeniceaePlant ExtractsTumor Cells, CulturedAntibiotics, AntineoplasticDoxorubicinPlant ExtractsAjwa bioactive ingredientsanticancer efficacybreast cancercardiomyopathydoxorubicinnanoformulationquercetinrutin

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PMID32503143
PMCPMC7321378
OpenAlexW3033273818

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