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Retraction: Recent advances in total synthesis of protoberberine and chiral tetrahydroberberine alkaloids
Zhen-Xi
Niu
*a,
Ya-Tao
Wang
*bd and
Jun-Feng
Wang
*c
aChildren’s Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Henan Children’s Hospital, Zhengzhou Children’s Hospital, Zhengzhou, 450018, China. E-mail: zzuzhenxiniu@outlook.com
bFirst People’s Hospital of Shangqiu, Shangqiu 476000, Henan Province, China. E-mail: yataowangjlu@outlook.com
cGordon Center for Medical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 125 Nashua Street, Suite 660, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA. E-mail: jwang83@mgh.harvard.edu
dDepartment of Orthopedics, China-Japan Union Hospital, Jilin University, Changchun 130033, China
First published on 16th August 2024
Abstract
Retraction of ‘Recent advances in total synthesis of protoberberine and chiral tetrahydroberberine alkaloids’ by Zhen-Xi Niu et al., Nat. Prod. Rep., 2024, https://doi.org/10.1039/d4np00016a.
The Royal Society of Chemistry hereby wholly retracts this Natural Product Reports article, in agreement with the authors.
The authors admit plagiarism of a 2022 doctoral thesis submitted to Archives Sichuan University by Dr Weijian Li, including the replication of thirty six figures, and direct translation of several sections of text, including the Conclusions.
The authors state that they deeply regret the wrongdoing and apologise to Dr Weijian Li, his advisor, and their research team. They note that Ya-Tao Wang and Jun-Feng Wang were unaware of the situation.
Signed: Zhen-Xi Niu, Ya-Tao Wang and Jun-Feng Wang
Date: 5th August 2024
Retraction endorsed by Katie Lim, Executive Editor, Natural Product Reports.
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