Table 2.

Anticancer activities of selected natural bioactive compounds.

Target Cancer	Compounds	Biological Activity	Dosage/Concentration	Ref.
Breast	Fucoxanthin	Anticancer	10 µM	[38]
	Punicalagin	Anticancer	10 mg/mL	[39]
	Curcumin	Apoptosis	5–50 µg/mL	[40]
Lung	Anthocyanin	Anti-proliferative	400 μg/mL	[41]
	Triterpenoids	Anticancer	22.4 μmol/L	[42]
	Saponin	Anticancer, apoptosis	50 μg/mL	[43]
Pancreatic	Genistein	Anticancer	60 µM	[44]
	Garcinol	Anti-proliferative	7 μM	[45]
	Limonoids	Anti-proliferative	18–42 µM	[46]
	Crocin	Apoptosis	10 g/L	[47]
Colorectal	Carotenoids	Anti-proliferative	250 μg/mL	[48]
	Β-sitosterol	Anticancer, apoptosis	266.2 μM	[49]
	Saponin	Anticancer	5, 10 or 20 mg/kg	[50]
	Genistein	Anti-proliferative	50 μM	[51]
Prostate	Gallic acid	Anticancer	100 µg/mL	[52]
	Neobavaisoflavone, psoralidin	Apoptosis	50 µM	[53]
	Rhodioflavonoside	Apoptosis	80 µg/mL	[54]
Ovarian	Corilagin	Apoptosis	20–40 μM	[55]
	Gallic acid	Anti-proliferation	40 µM	[56]
	Ellagic acid	Anti-metastasis	50 mg/kg	[57]
Blood	Epigallocatechin gallate	Apoptosis	3–25 μg/mL	[58]
	Rosavin	Anticancer	8 µg	[59]