Retraction notice to "Curcumin and vitamin C improve immunity of kidney via gene expression against diethyl nitrosamine induced nephrotoxicity in rats: In vivo and molecular docking studies" [Heliyon 9 (2023) e14126].

Ahmed B M Mehany, Islam M Farrag, Mahmoud Diab, Mohammed M Ghoneim, Mohamed El-Sherbiny, Rasha Hamed Al-Serwi, Ali H Amin, Amany Belal, Salwa Shaaban, Alsayed A Abdelhady

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Article in Heliyon, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

Retraction of
Curcumin and vitamin C improve immunity of kidney via gene expression against diethyl nitrosamine induced nephrotoxicity in rats:In vivo and molecular docking studies.2023

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Ahmed B M MehanyDepartment of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.

Islam M FarragDepartment of Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine (Girls), Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.

Mahmoud DiabAnatomy and Embryology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.

Mohammed M GhoneimDepartment of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy, AlMaarefa University, Ad Diriyah, 13713, Saudi Arabia.

Mohamed El-SherbinyDepartment of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, AlMaarefa University, P.O. Box 71666, Riyadh, 11597, Saudi Arabia.

Rasha Hamed Al-SerwiDepartment of Basic Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia.

Ali H AminDeanship of Scientific Research, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, 21955, Saudi Arabia.

Amany BelalMedicinal Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, 62514, Egypt.

Salwa ShaabanDepartment of Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt.

Alsayed A AbdelhadyDepartment of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Helwan University, Helwan, Egypt.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

[This retracts the article DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e14126.].

Identifiers

PMID40201491

DOI10.1016/j.heliyon.2025.e43144

PMCPMC11948600

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