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. 2019 Apr 21;2019:9475908. doi: 10.1155/2019/9475908

Table 3.

Effects of different alkaloids on angiogenesis.

Name of alkaloid N Molecules Biological results Sample type Year Author
Noscapine 1 HIF-1 Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis by downregulating VEFG U87MG and T98G cell lines 2006 Newcomb et al. [97]
2 VEGF Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis Human T98 cell lines 2008 Newcomb et al. [98]
3 VEGF Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis Murine GL261 glioma cell lines 2008 Newcomb et al. [98]
4 MMP-9
VEGF
Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis KBM-5, HL-60, Jurkat, HuT-78, U266, RPMI- 8226, H1299, A293, DU145, and SCC4 cell lines 2010 Sung et al. [99]
5 VEGF Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis The A549 or H460 cell 2010 Chougule et al. [100]
6 VEGF Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis Xenografted with H460 tumors (mice) 2010 Chougule et al. [100]
7 HIF Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis Ovarian cancer cells 2011 Su et al. [101]
8 NFKB
VEGF
Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis The human breast cancer cell lines MDA-MB-231 and MDA-MB-468 2011 Chougule et al. [100]

Berberine 9 HIF-1 Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis by downregulating VEGF Gastric adenocarcinoma cell line SC-M1 2004 Lin et al. [102]
10 VEGF Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis HeLa cell 2008 Lin et al. [103]
11 VEGF
MMP-2
Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis Human umbilical vein endothelial cells 2009 Gao et al. [104]
12 Mmp-2/9
UPA
Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis Squamous cancer cell 2009 Ho et al. [105]
13 VEGF Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis Hepatocellular carcinoma 2010 C. Cheung et al.
14 VEGF Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis Hep G2 cell line 2011 Jie et al. [106]
15 HIF-1
VEGF
Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis B16F-10 melanoma cells and C57BL/6 mice 2012 Hamsa and Kuttan [107]
16 VEGF Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis Xenografted hepatocellular carcinoma (mice) 2012 Ruhua [108]
17 VEGF Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis Hepatocellular carcinoma 2012 Wang et al.
18 VEGF Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis Breast cancer 2013 Kim et al. [109]
19 VEGF Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis HepG2 cells 2013 Wang and Ke [110]
20 VEGF Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis Human non-small-cell lung cancer 2013 Fu et al. [111]
21 Mmp-2
UPA
Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis Cervical cancer 2014 Chu et al.[112]
22 VEGF Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis Hepatocellular carcinoma 2015 Tsang et al. [113]

Sanguinarine 23 VEGF Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis Swine granulosa cell 2006 Bianco et al. [114]
24 VEGF Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis Endothelial cell line 2007 Basini et al. [115]
25 VEGF Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis Swine granulosa cells 2007 Basini et al. [116]
26 VEGF Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis Porcine aortic endothelial cell line 2007 Basini et al. [117]
27 VEGF Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis Swine ovarian follicles 2008 Basini et al. [116]
28 ? ? Inhibit angiogenesis B16 melanoma 4A5 cells 2009 De Stefano et al. [118]
29 VEGF Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis Human A549 lung cancer cells 2013 Xu et al. [119]
30 VEGF Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis MCF-7 human mammary adenocarcinoma cells 2013 Dong et al. [120]
31 VEGF Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis S180 sarcoma in mice 2014 Du et al. [121]
32 HIF-1 Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis Pancreatic cancer 2015 Singh et al. [122]

Sinomenine 33 VEGF Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis Human synovial sarcoma cells (Hs701.T) 2006 Li et al. [123]
34 VEGF Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis Umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) and U2OS cells 2016 Xie et al. [124]

Taspine 35 VEGF Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis Chicken chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) neovascularization model and CAM transplantation tumor model 2008 Zhang et al. [125]
36 VEGF Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis Human umbilical vein endothelial cells 2008 Zhao et al. [126]
37 VEGF Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis Human umbilical vein endothelial cells 2010 Zhang et al. [127]
38 VEGF Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis Caco-2 cell lines 2011 Zhang et al. [128]
39 VEGF Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis Human liver cancer SMMC7721 2011 Zhang et al. [129]
40 VEGF Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis Chicken chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) and mouse colon tissue 2012 Zhang et al. [130]
41 VEGF Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis Human cell lines of SMMC-7721, A549, MCF-7, Lovo, and ECV304 2012 Zheng et al. [131]
42 VEGF Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis A549 cells lung cancer 2012 Lu et al. [132]

Tetrandrine 43 PDGF Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis Adjuvant-induced chronic inflammation model of mouse 1998 Kobayashi et al. [133]
44 VEGF Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis RT-2 glioma RT 2009 Chen et al. [134]
45 HIF-1
VEGF
Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis A rat model corneal neovascularization (CNV) 2011 Sun et al. [135]
46 HIF-1
VEGF
Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis 4T1 tumor bearing mice 2013 Gao et al. [136]
47 Inhibit angiogenesis Human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) and the human colon cancer cell line Lovo 2013 Qian et al. [137]
48 Inhibit angiogenesis Liver cancer xenograft model in nude mice 2015 Xiao et al. [138]

Brucine 49 VEGF
TGF-β
Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis Murine cannulated sponge implant angiogenesis model 2011 Agrawal et al. [139]
50 VEGF Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis Ehrlich ascites tumor and human cancer cell line 2011 Agrawal et al. [140]
51 VEGF Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis Nude mouse model of bone metastasis due to breast cancer 2012 Li et al. [141]
52 HIF-1 Decrease Migration and metastasis and angiogenesis Hepatocellular carcinoma 2013 Shu et al. [142]
53 VEGF Decrease Angiogenesis Colon cancer cells 2013 Luo et al. [143]
54 VEGF Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis Lovo cell 2013 Zheng et al. [144]
55 VEGF Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis R breast cancer cell line MDA-MB-231 2013 Kechun and Zjauma [145]

Evodiamine 56 VEGF Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis Human lung adenocarcinoma cell (CL1 cells) 2006 Shyu et al. [146]
57 VEGF Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis Breast cancer cell 2008 Wang et al. [147]
58 HIF Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis Human colon cancer cell 2015 Huang et al. [148]

Homoharringtonine 59 VEGF Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis Human umbilical vein endothelial cell line (ECV304) 2004 Ye and Lin [149]
60 VEGF Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis Leukemic cell line (K562) in vitro 2004 Ye and Lin [149]
61 VEGF Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis Myeloid leukemia cells 2005 Fei and Zhang [150]
62 HIF Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis K562 cell 2008 Li et al. [151]

Matrine 63 VEGF Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis Breast cancer cell 2009 Yu et al. [152]

Halofuginone 64 VEGF
MMP
Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis BALB/c ν/ν (nude) mice 2003 Gross et al. [153]
65 Inhibit angiogenesis Metastatic rat brain tumor model 2004 Abramovitch et al. [154]
66 TGF Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis Polyoma middle T antigen mouse 2005 Yee et al. [155]
67 TGF-β-1, bFGF, COL1A1, MMP-2, MMP-9, VEGF, and PDGF Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis Xenografted (rat) 2012 Jordan and Zeplin [156]
68 VEGF
MMP
TGF-β
Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis Acute promyelocytic leukemia mouse model 2015 Assis et al. [157]

Capsaicine 69 VEGF Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis Endothelial cells in the rat aorta 2008 Pyun et al. [158]
70 VEGF Decrease Inhibit angiogenesis Non-small-cell lung cancer 2014 Chakraborty et al. [159]

Pterogynidine 71 Inhibit angiogenesis Human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) 2009 Lopes et al. [160]