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. 2014 Feb 10;3(1):101–138. doi: 10.3390/biology3010101

Table 7.

Benzylisoquinoline Alkaloids.

# Location and/or name IC50 (µM) Properties
60 Sanguinarine ~70 Induces cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in human cervical cancer cells [128]; anti-inflammatory [129]; anti-fungal [130].
61 3-hydroxymethyl-glaucine ~80
62 Thaliporphine; thalicmidine ~9 Inhibits the activity of LPS-induced NOS; inhibits LPS-induced nuclear translocation of NF-κB [131].
63 Isoboldine ~30–80 Anti-viral [121].
64 Bracteoline ~80
65 7-oxoglaucine ~80 Anti-plasmodial [132]; anti-inflammatory [133].
66 7-Formyl-dehydroglaucine ~1–3
67 Dehydroglaucine 0.9 Anti-microbial, some anti-fungal activity [126].
68 Dehydroglaucine dimer 0.1–0.4
69 Glaucine derivative >30
70 Dehydroglaucinylphenone ~7–20
71 Berberine ~40 Anti-tumor, anti-metastatic, inhibits HIF1α [129,134,135,136].
72 3-Formyl-glaucine ~8–20
73 Dihydrosanguinarine derivative ~40 Anti-fungal [130].