The article titled “The Role of Antioxidants in Skin Cancer Prevention and Treatment” [1] was found to contain a substantial amount of overlapping material with the authors' previously published article [2].
Significant text overlap was also identified with the following sources:
[3] Santosh K. Katiyar, “Skin photoprotection by green tea: antioxidant and immunomodulatory effects”, Current Drug Targets - Immune, Endocrine & Metabolic Disorders, 2003. 10.2174/1568008033340171 (cited as reference 38 in the original article).
[4] An article posted in Life Extension Magazine, January 2003 (https://www.lifeextension.com/magazine/2003/1/cover_skinaging/Page-01). (not cited in the original article).
[5] McArdle F, Rhodes LE, Parslew R, Jack CI, Friedmann PS, Jackson MJ, “UVR-induced oxidative stress in human skin in vivo: effects of oral vitamin C supplementation”, 2002. 10.1016/S0891-5849(02)01042-0 [5] (cited as reference 15 in the original article).
The authors apologize for this overlap.
References
- 1.Godic A., Poljšak B., Adamic M., Dahmane R. The Role of Antioxidants in Skin Cancer Prevention and Treatment. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity. 2014;2014:6. doi: 10.1155/2014/860479. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- 2.Poljšak B., Dahmane R. Free radicals and extrinsic skin aging. Dermatology Research and Practice. 2012;2012:4. doi: 10.1155/2012/135206.135206 [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- 3.Katiyar S. K. Skin photoprotection by green tea: antioxidant and immunomodulatory effects. Current Drug Targets - Immune, Endocrine & Metabolic Disorders. 2003;3(3):234–242. doi: 10.2174/1568008033340171. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- 4.An article posted in Life Extension Magazine. January 2003 ( https://www.lifeextension.com/magazine/2003/1/cover_skinaging/Page-01)
- 5.McArdle F., Rhodes L. E., Parslew R., Jack C. I. A., Friedmann P. S., Jackson M. J. UVR-induced oxidative stress in human skin in vivo: effects of oral vitamin C supplementation. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 2002;33(10):1355–1362. doi: 10.1016/S0891-5849(02)01042-0. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]