Table 6.

Biological activities of alkaloidal constituents isolated from plants of the genus Tylophora.

Active Constituent	Tylophora Species	Uses	Reference
Tylophorine (its structure is shown in Figure 1)	Tylophora indica	Cytotoxic activity	[124]
		Insecticidal activity	[124]
		Anti-inflammatory	[42]
		Stimulant to adrenal Cortex	[54]
		Anti-feedant activity	[53]
		Anti-viral activities	[125,126,127]
		Anti-bacterial	[53]
		Anti-amoebic	[81]
		Anti-fungal	[53]
		Hepato-protective activity	[22]
		Anti-allergic activity	[97,128]
		Anti-angiogenic	[129]
		Diuretic activity	[130]
		Inhibition of cellular immune responses	[97]
		Arthritis	[131]
	Tylophora asthmatica	Asthma	[116,117]
Tylophorinicine	Tylophora indica	Cytotoxic activity Insecticidal activity	[116,117,130,131]
	Tylophora asthmatica	Asthma
Tylophorinine	Tylophora indica	Cytotoxic activity Insecticidal activity	[124]
	Tylophora atrofolliculata	Cytotoxic activity on HCT-8 cell	[66]
Tylophorinine-N-Oxide	Tylophora indica	Cytotoxic activity Insecticidal activity	[124]
Tylophorinidine	Tylophora indica	Cytotoxic activity Insecticidal activity	[124]
	Tylophora atrofolliculata	Cytotoxic activity on HCT-8 cell	[66]
Tylophorinidine-N-Oxide	Tylophora indica	Cytotoxic activity Insecticidal activity	[124]
3-Demethyltylophorinidine
Septicine	Tylophora indica
3,6-Didemethyl isotylocrebrine	Tylophora tanakae	Cytotoxic activity	[73]
14-α-Hydroxy 3,6 didemethyl isotylocrebrine
Tylophoridicines C-F	Tylophora atrofolliculata	Cytotoxic activity on HCT-8 cell	[66]
R-(+)-Deoxytylophorinidine	Tylophora atrofolliculata