Table 6.
Plant | Active Compounds | Effects | References |
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Terminalia ferdinandiana | Tannins, flavonoids: gallic acid, ellagic acid, lutein, hesperitin, kaempferol, luteolin, and quercetin | Antiproliferative and proapoptotic activity in cancer cell lines. No toxicity to human dermal fibroblasts and shrimp Artemia franciscana bioassay. | [348,349] |
Tasmannia lanceolata | Phenolic acids: coumaric acid, chlorogenic acid. Flavonoids: quercetin, quercetin 3-rutinoside, and anthocyanin (cyanidin 3-rutinoside) |
Cytotoxicity to different cancer cell models with non-significant effects on normal colon, stomach, and intestine cells. | [350] |
Davidsonia pruriens | Anthocyanin compounds, flavanoids | Significant cytotoxicity to a panel of cancer cell models and low toxicity in the Artemia nauplii bioassay. | [351,352] |
Elaeocarpus angustifolius | Not identified | Significant cytotoxicity to Hela and Caco-2 cell models and low toxicity in the Artemia nauplii bioassay. | [352] |
Pittosporum angustifolium | Alcaloids, saponins | Antiproliferative effects of 7 saponins with IC50 values in a range of 1.74–34.1 µM for MCF7, HaCaT, LN18, and 5637 cancer cells. | [353] |