Retraction Notice To: Potential Health Benefits of Broccoli- A Chemico-Biological Overview
Authors: Dipak K Das
Subhendu Mukherjee
Hannah R Vasanthi
Journal: Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry (2009)
Discipline: PHARMACOLOGY & TOXICOLOGY
Keywords: Broccoli; Health benefits; Chemico-biological overview; Retraction; Data fabrication
Affiliations: Department of Surgery, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT 06030-1110, USA.

Abstract:  The article “Potential health benefits of broccoli- a chemico-biological overview, published in Mini-Rev Med Chem 2009 Jun;9(6):749-59. By Hannah R. Vasanthi, Subhendu Mukherjee and Dipak K. Das” has been retracted by the Editorial office of the journal Mini-reviews in Medicinal Chemistry, as the text in this review article are from sources which have been retracted or under investigation on the basis of data fabrication and falsification, authorship misconduct, duplicate publication, unethical research practices, text recycling/self-plagiarism, and unresolved concerns about data integrity and research conduct. The authors were informed of this complaint and were requested to give justification on the matter in their defense [1]. Some sources that have been retracted are as follows: 1) Agarwal et al. Dynamic Action of Carotenoids in Cardioprotection and Maintenance of Cardiac Health, Molecules 2012, 17, 4755-4769. http: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24896014/ 2) Nagendran Balasundram, KalyanaSundram, SamirSamman. Phenolic compounds in plants and agri-industrial byproducts: Antioxidant activity, occurrence, and potential uses. Food Chemistry 2006, 99(1), 191-203. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0308814605006242 Bentham Science apologizes to the readers of the journal for any inconvenience this may have caused. The Bentham Editorial Policy on Article Retraction can be found at https://benthamscience.com/editorial-policies-main.php. References: [1] Hannah R Vasanthi, Subhendu Mukherjee, Dipak K Das. Potential health benefits of broccoli- a chemico-biological overview. Mini Rev Med Chem., 2009, 9(6), 749-759. doi: 10.2174/138955709788452685. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19519500/ Bentham science disclaimer: It is a condition of publication that manuscripts submitted to this journal have not been published and will not be simultaneously submitted or published elsewhere. Furthermore, any data, illustration, structure or table that has been published elsewhere must be reported, and copyright permission for reproduction must be obtained. Plagiarism is strictly forbidden, and by submitting the article for publication the authors agree that the publishers have the legal right to take appropriate action against the authors, if plagiarism or fabricated information is discovered. By submitting a manuscript, the authors agree that the copyright of their article is transferred to the publishers if and when the article is accepted for publication. 

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PubPeer comments:
 Several passages in this paper appear to be very similar to text that had been published previously. Here is an example of text by Fahey JW et al. PNAS (2002) doi:10.1073 pnas.112203099, on the left, compared to the text of Vasanthi et al. Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry (2009). ![file] A non-exhaustive list of potential older papers with textual similarities to this paper: * Proposed Criteria for Assessing the Efficacy of Cancer Reduction by Plant Foods Enriched in Carotenoids, Glucosinolates, Polyphenols and Selenocompounds John W. Finley Annals of Botany 95: 1075u20131096, 2005 - doi:10.1093 aob mci123 * Chemical and biological characterisation of nutraceutical compounds of broccoli D.A. Moreno et al. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis 41 (2006) 1508u20131522 - doi:10.1016 j.jpba.2006.04.003 * Potential bioactive compounds in health promotion from broccoli cultivars grown in Spain Fernando Vallejo Fu200aA Tomu00e1su2010Barberu00e1n C Garcu00edau2010Viguera Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture (2002) Volume 82, Issue 11 - doi: 10.1002 jsfa.1183 * Selenium Enrichment of Broccoli: Interactions between Selenium and Secondary Plant Compounds John W. Finley, Anna Sigrid-Keck, Rebecca J. Robbins, Korry J. Hintze Author Notes The Journal of Nutrition, Volume 135, Issue 5, May 2005, Pages 1236u20131238, doi: 10.1093 jn 135.5.1236 * Acta Pharmacologica Sinica Discovery and development of sulforaphane as a cancer chemopreventive phytochemical Yuesheng Zhang, Li Tang First published: 02 September 2007 - doi: 10.1111 j.1745-7254.2007.00679.x * Phenolic compounds in plants and agri-industrial by-products: Antioxidant activity, occurrence, and potential uses Nagendran Balasundram, Kalyana Sundram, Samir Samman Food Chemistry 99 (2006) 191u2013203 - doi:10.1016 j.foodchem.2005.07.042 * Sulforaphane inhibits extracellular, intracellular, and antibiotic-resistant strains of Helicobacter pylori and prevents benzo[a]pyrene-induced stomach tumors Jed W. Fahey, Xavier Haristoy, Patrick M. Dolan, Thomas W. Kensler, Isabelle Scholtus, Katherine K. Stephenson, Paul Talalay, and Alain Lozniewski PNAS May 28, 2002 99 (11) 7610-7615 - doi:10.1073 pnas.112203099 , 
 July 2021 retraction. The notice is found here: https: www.eurekaselect.com 193907 article It reads:  The article u201cPotential health benefits of broccoli- a chemico-biological overview, published in Mini-Rev Med Chem 2009 Jun;9(6):749-59. By Hannah R. Vasanthi, Subhendu Mukherjee and Dipak K. Dasu201d has been retracted by the Editorial office of the journal Mini-reviews in Medicinal Chemistry, as the text in this review article are from sources which have been retracted or under investigation on the basis of data fabrication and falsification, authorship misconduct, duplicate publication, unethical research practices, text recycling self-plagiarism, and unresolved concerns about data integrity and research conduct. The authors were informed of this complaint and were requested to give justification on the matter in their defense [1]. , 
 See https: retractionwatch.com 2021 10 05 retraction-of-review-of-broccolis-health-benefits-is-22nd-for-deceased-author-5th-for-one-of-his-postdocs for more backgrounds. ,