Table 1.

Summary of plant-derived compounds and their mechanism for inducing apoptosis.

Compound	Found in	Mechanism
Aloe-emodin	Rheum palmatum	Induces cytochrome c release [32]
Black cohosh	Actaea racemosa	Activates caspases [28]
Curcumin	Tumeric	Inhibits BCL-2 and XIAP [33]
Epigallocatechin-3-gallate	Green tea component	Activates cell death receptors [34]
Genistein	Soybeans	Cell cycle arrest activation [35]
Graviola	Annona muricata	Inhibits BCL-2 and activates BAX [26]
Juglone	Juglans mandshurica	Increase caspase 9 cleavage [36]
Quercetin	Bark of many plants	Modulating cell cycle regulators to arrest the cell cycle [37]