Table 8.

Selected plants, mushrooms, and their active compounds in the order of their priority to study anticancer capabilities. The priority was suggested based on the available information about the anti-neoplastic efficacy and safety in preclinical and clinical studies.

High Priority
Plants	Mushrooms	Individual Compounds
Cephalotaxus harringtonia, Oldenlandia diffusa, Scutellaria barbata, Curcuma longa, Xanthium ssp., Zingiber officinalis, Hypericum perforatum, Glycyrrhiza glabra, Silybum marianum, Panax americanus and P. ginseng, Aloe vera and A. arborescence, Tabebuia impetiginosa, Viscum album, Allium sativum, Vitis vinifera, Rosmarinus officinalis, Echinacea purpurea, Sanguinaria canadensis	Lentinula edodes (Shiitake), Ganoderma lucidum (Reishi), Grifola frondosa (Maitake), Cordyceps sinensis and C. militaris, Agaricus blazei, Trametes versicolor, Phellinus linteus	Quercetin, kaempferol, ginsenosides (especially Rg3), silibinin, isoliquiritigenin, (−)- epicatechin, oleanolic acid, ursolic acid, hyperforin, hypericin, xanthatin, curcumin, withaferin A, withanone, scutellarein, scutellarin, homoharringtonine and its semi-synthetic derivates, chlorogenic acid, caffeic acid, carnosol, rosmarinic acid, resveratrol, iscodor, helixor A, shogaol, boswellic acids, hispolon, lentinan, cordycepin, echinacoside, and myricetin
Secondary priority
Betula pubescens, Eremophila galeata, Combretum caffrum, Acacia nilotica, Guera senegalis, Tasmannia lanceolata, Davidsonia pruriens, Elaeocarpus angustifolius, Pittosporum angustifolium, Terminalia ferdinandiana, Aristolochia ringens, Beilschmiedia acuta, Dorstenia psilurus, Aristolochia ringens, Beilschmiedia acuta, Dorstenia psilurus, Echinops giganteus, Imperata cylindrica, Piper capense, Polyscia fulva, Achyrocline satureioides, Aloysia polystachya, Azorella glabra, Ephedra chilensis, Croton lechleri, Laetia corymbulosa, Lepidium meyenii, Leptocarpha rivularis, Passiflora alata, Thevetia peruviana, Menyanthes trifoliata, Ebenus boissieri, Centaurea solstitialis, Arctium lappa, Capraria biflora, Asimina triloba, Aristolochia foetida	Hericium erinaceus (Lion’s mane), Inonotus obliquus (Chaga)	Gallic acid, combrestastatins, pyrogallol, betulinic acid, guieranone B, harringtonine, isoharringtonine, and doxyharringtonine, aloe-emodin, aloins, leptocarpin, macamide and macaene, corymbulosins, taspine, mulinic acid, achyrobichalcone, 3-O-methylquercetin, arctigenin, lappaol F, solstitialin A, sageone, biflorin, acetogenins, β-sitosterol, stigmasterol, sanguinarine, gandoderic acid, grifolin, illudin-S, lapachol and β-lapachone, carthamidin, carnosic acid, hispidin, inotodiol, syringic acid, p-coumaric acid, caffeoyl quinic acids, viniferin, lectins (ML-I, ML-II, and ML-III) from Viscum album