Table 1.
Anticancer effects of active ingredients of herbal extracts. Different antitumor mechanisms including apoptosis, cell cycle arrest, anti-angiogenesis, anti-metastatic, antioxidant, anti-proliferation were mentioned for each active ingredients
| Active Ingredient | Antitumor mechanism | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Noscapine | apoptosis induction, cell cycle arrest, anti-angiogenesis, anti-metastatic | (7) |
| Thymoquinone | decreased angiogenesis, antioxidant, cell cycle arrest, apoptosis induction | (8) |
| Resveratrol | apoptosis induction, anti-metastatic, anti-proliferation | (9) |
| Oxymatrine | apoptosis induction, anti-metastatic, cell cycle arrest | (10) |
| Eugenol | anti-metastatic, apoptosis induction | (11) |
| Rosmarinic acid | apoptosis induction, anti-metastatic, anti-proliferation, cell cycle arrest | (11) |
| Curcumin | apoptosis induction, anti-metastatic, anti-proliferation | (12) |
| Gingerol | anti-metastatic, cell cycle arrest, signaling pathway editing | (13, 14) |
| Thujone | apoptosis, anti-angiogenesis, nk cell cytotoxicity induction | (15, 16) |