Retraction of: 'Anticancer effects of Daidzein against the human melanoma cell lines involves cell cycle arrest, autophagy and deactivation of PI3K/AKT signalling pathways', by Hui Chu, Junzhi Li, Ting Liu, Na Miao, Wei Zhang, JBUON 2020;25(1):485-490; PMID:32277673. Following the publication of the above article, readers drew to our attention that part of the data was unreliable. The authors were requested to provide the raw data to prove the originality, but were unable to do so. After an investigation, the Editors of JBUON decided to retract this article. We thank the readers for bringing this matter to our attention. We apologize for any inconvenience it may cause.