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ArticleHeliyon2023

Investigation of antibacterial and anticancer effects of novel niosomal formulated Persian Gulf Sea cucumber extracts.

Tohid Piri-Gharaghie, Ghazal Ghajari, Maryam Hassanpoor, Neda Jegargoshe-Shirin, Mona Soosanirad, Shahoo Khayati, Ali Farhadi-Biregani, Amir Mirzaei

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Article in Heliyon, 2023. 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 It has been retracted, and should not be counted.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 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
6.2field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

  • Retraction · 2025-08-07Concerns/Issues about Image · Duplication of/in Image · Euphemisms for Duplication · Euphemisms for Plagiarism · Investigation by Journal/Publisher · Investigation by Third Party · Plagiarism of Image · Unreliable Results and/or Conclusions · · see also: https://pubpeer.com/publications/07A7B5315914D285117165809A6E85
5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 7 institutions in 1 country.

Tohid Piri-GharaghieBiotechnology Research Center, Faculty of Biotechnology, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran.
Ghazal GhajariDepartment of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran.
Maryam HassanpoorDepartment of Biotechnology, Faculty of Medicine, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran.
Neda Jegargoshe-ShirinDepartment of Biotechnology, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Damghan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Semnan, Iran.
Mona SoosaniradDepartment of Cell and Molecular Biology, Factuly of Biological Sciences, Yadegar-e-Imam Khomeini (RAH) Shahr-e-Rey Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahr-e-Rey, Iran.
Shahoo KhayatiDepartment of Immunology, School of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
Ali Farhadi-BireganiDepartment of Immunology, School of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
Amir MirzaeiDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Parand Branch, Islamic Azad University, Parand, Iran.
Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences · IRBiotechnology Research Center · IRIslamic Azad University of Parand · IRIslamic Azad University Semnan · IRIslamic Azad University Shahr-e-Rey · IRKharazmi University · IRSemnan University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pharmaceutical companies worldwide are scrambling to develop new ways to combat cancer and microbiological pathogens. The goal of this research was to investigate the antibacterial, anticancer, and apoptosis effects of novel niosomal formulated Persian Gulf Sea cucumber extracts (SCEs). Sea cucumber methanolic extracts were prepared and encapsulated in niosome nanoparticles using thin-film hydration. The compound was made up of Span 60 and Tween 60 blended with cholesterol in a 3:3:4 M ratios. Characterization of niosome-encapsulated SCE evaluated by scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. The disk diffusion method and microtiter plates were used to investigate the antimicrobial activity. The effect of niosome-encapsulated SCE on cell proliferation and apoptosis induction was studied using MTT and Annexin V, respectively. The expression of apoptosis-related genes, including

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AntibacterialAnticancerApoptosisGene expressionSea cucumber

Identifiers

PMID36938478
PMCPMC10018472
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