Article title: Antioxidant, antimicrobial and neuroprotective effects of Octaviania asterosperma in vitro
Authors: Mustafa Sevindik, Hasan Akgul, Zeliha Selamoglu & Nady Braidy
Journal: Mycology
Bibliometrics: Volume 12, Issue 2, pp128-138
Following publication of this paper, we were made aware of a potential issue with Figure 3. We contacted the corresponding author who has provided the following explanation and correction.
Figure 3.
Antigenotoxic effects of Octaviania asterosperma extract (50, 100 and 200 µg/ml). (A) Image of agarose gel of pBR322 DNA showing bands of open-circular, linear and supercoiled DNA. Lanes on gel represent: (Lane 1) control DNA (no treatment); (Lane 2) Fenton’s agent; (Lanes 3-4) 50 and 100 µg/ml Octaviania asterosperma DCM extract, (Lanes 5-6) 50 and 100 µg/ml Octaviania asterosperma methanol extract, (Lane 7) Fenton’s agent and 100 µg/ml Octaviania asterosperma DCM extract respectively, (Lane 8) Fenton’s agent and 100 µg/ml Octaviania asterosperma methanol extract respectively, (Lane 9) 200 µg/ml Octaviania asterosperma DCM extract, (lane 10) 200 µg/ml Octaviania asterosperma methanol extract, (B) Percentage remaining supercoiled form *p < 0.05 when compared with control (t-test); **p < 0.05 when compared with H2O2 treatment alone (t-test).
Due to accidental copy and paste errors when highlighting respective bands for analysis and then transferring the image from ImageJ to Word, an incorrect gel with incorrect lane numbering was included in the manuscript. We apologize for these inadvertent mistakes and provide corrections below. The conclusions of the study remain unchanged by these corrections.
The figure legend should read:
In the original figure, there were 12 lanes for Fenton’s agent and 200 µg/ml Octaviania asterosperma DCM and methanol extracts respectively. However, due to difficulty in obtaining the entire gel in the same field of view and potential gel artifacts, these lanes were removed. The finding demonstrates that 200 µg/ml of Octaviania asterosperma DCM and methanol extract respectively can protect against DNA damage induced by Fenton’s agent similar to 100 µg/ml of extract respectively, and therefore does not add additional information to the study (data not shown but available upon request).