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. 2019 Nov 21;9(12):758. doi: 10.3390/biom9120758

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]