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. 2022 Jan 28;12:801662. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2021.801662

TABLE 2.

Extracts from natural products induced apoptosis in breast cancer.

Extracts Compositions Detail mechanisms Cell model Refs
Upregulation Downregulation
Phaleria macrocarpa compound extract (DLBS1425) (5–50 µg/mL) Phalerin PTEN, p21, Bax, Bad, PUMA, activated caspase-9, cleaved PARP p-Akt, BclxL MDA-MB-231 Tandrasasmita et al. (2010)
Suillus collinitus methanolic extracts (25.2 ± 0.2 µg/mL) Protocatechuic acid, p-hydroxybenzoic acid, cinnamic acid p53, p21, cleaved PARP Bcl-2, XIAP MCF-7 Vaz et al. (2012)
Scrophularia oxysepala extracts (0–300 μg/mL) Verbascosaponin, crokoelziside, isolated from these fractions Caspase-3 mRNA, caspase-9 mRNA MCF-7 Hosseini et al. (2015)
Ethyl acetate extracts of seeds of Momordica cochinchinen (ESMC2) (30, 60, 120 µg/mL) Hexanoic acid, 2-heptenal, 2,4-nonadiena, 1,1′-carbonyldiimidazole, 1-oxaspiro [4,4]nonan-4-one, 5,5-dimethyl-cyclohex-3-en-1-ol, (E,E)-7,11,15, trimethyl-3-methylene-1,6,10,14-tetraene, l-(+), ascorbic acid 2,6-dihexadecanoate, 6-octadecenoic acid, octadecanoic acid, palmitin, octadecanoic acid 2,3-dihydroxypropyl ester p53, Bax, Bak, Bad, cyclin B1, cyclin E, CDC2 NF-κB, Bcl-2, Mcl-1, p-ERK, p-p38, p-JNK, p-Akt MDA-MB-231 Zheng et al. (2015)
Momordica cochinchinensis Aril extracts (50, 200, 400 µg/mL) Lycopene, β-carotene Bax, activated caspase-6, activated caspase-8, activated caspase-9 MCF-7 Petchsak and Sripanidkulchai, (2015)
Extracts from chickpea Cicer arietinum L. sprouts (20, 40, 60 µg/mL) Ononin isoflavone, biochanin A-7-O-β-D-glucoside isoflavone, formononetin isoflavone, biochanin A isoflavone Bax, caspase-7, caspase-9, p53, p21 Bcl-2 MCF-7 SKBr3 Chen et al. (2015a)
Dillenia suffruticosa dichloromethane root extracts (12.5, 25, 50 μg/mL) Katonic acid, betulinic acid, koetjapic acid JNK1 ERK1, Bcl-2 MDA-MB-231 Foo et al. (2016)
Green tea polyphenols (200, 300, 400 µg/mL) Catechins ROS, cleaved caspase-3, cleaved caspase-9 MCF-7 Liu et al. (2017b)
Fruit peel polyphenolic extracts flavine (F7) (150 µg/mL) Myricetin, quercetin, kaempferol, rutin, isorhamnetine, catechin, epicatechin, malvidin-3-glucoside, caffeic acid, chrysin, galangin, apigenin, fisetin, luteolin, morin, anthocyanidins, stilbene resveratrol Bax, cleaved PARP, activated caspase-7 Bcl-2 MCF-7 Kello et al. (2017)
Flavonoid compounds from Tephroseris kirilowii (IH:10–40 μM, GN:20–80µM, Aca:50–150 µM) IH: isorhamnetin, GN: genkwanin, and Aca: acacetin p53, cleaved caspase-3, LC3-II, ATG5 p-Cdc2, cyclin B1, Bcl-2, BclxL, PARP1, p62, PI3Kγ-p110, p-PI3K, p-Akt, p-mTOR, p-p70S6K, p-ULK MDA-MB-231 Zhang et al. (2018b)
Antrodia cinnamomea extracts (100, 200 µg/mL) Antcin K, antcin C, antcin B, methyl, antcinate B, eburi-coic acid, dehydroeburicoic acid miR-21-5p, miR-26-5p, miR-30-5p Skp2 MCF-7 Lin et al. (2018)
Hexane fraction from Inula helenium (HFIH) (8 μg/mL) Alantolactone, isoalantolactone, igalan, dugesialactone, alloantolactone p-JNK, activated caspase-3, cleaved PARP Cyclin D1, CytoC, Bcl-2, p-ERK MDA-MB-231 Chun et al. (2018)
Ricinus communis L. fruit extract (0.05, 0.1, 0.5, 1 µg/mL) Ricinine, p-coumaric acid, epigallocatechin, ricinoleic acid Bax, CytoC, caspase-7, cleaved PARP Bcl-2 MDA-MB-231 MCF-7 Majumder et al. (2019)
Fomes fomentarius ethanol Extract Exerts (100 µg/mL) Betulin Cleaved caspase-9, cleaved caspase-3, cleaved PARP MMP9, p-Akt, cyclin A/E, Bcl-2 MDA-MB-231 Lee et al. (2019)
Extracts of Rhus verniciflua Stokes (200, 300, 400 µg/mL) Gallic acid p53, p21, cleaved caspase-3, caspase-9, PARP, Bax Bcl-2 MCF-7 Kim et al. (2019)
Vitex rotundifolia Fractions (10 µg/mL) Vitexicarpin Caspase-8, caspase-9, caspases-3/7, Bax Bcl-2 T-47D Chaudhry et al. (2019)
Extracts from Ajwa dates pulp (15, 20 mg/mL) Maltose, catechin, myricetin, quercetin, β-sitosterol, digalacturonic acid, chlorogenic acid, β-carotene p53, Bax, cleaved caspase-3 Bcl-2, p-Akt, p-mTOR MDA-MB-231 Khan et al. (2021)