TABLE 1.

Triterpenoids with antitumor action on different cell lines.

Triterpenes	Tumor cell	Target	References
Ganoderic acid -Mk, -S, -Mf, -R, Mc, -T, -Me	Lung: 95D, LLC	MMP 2/9	Chen et al. (2008), Chen et al. (2010); Li et al. (2013)
Ganoderic acid -A, -F, -H, -Me	Breast: MDA-MB-231	AP-1, NF-κB, uPA, Cdk4	Jiang et al. (2008); Li et al. (2012)
Ganoderic acid -X, -T, -E, -B	Liver: HuH-7 , SMMC7721, HepG2	ERK, JNK	Li et al. (2005); Tang et al. (2006); Hsu et al. (2008); Weng et al. (2008)
Ganoderic acid -T, -Me	Colon: HCT-116, HCT-8, Ls174t	NFκB-α, MMP-9, uPA, iNOS	Chen et al. (2010); Xu et al. (2010)
Ganoderic acid -D	Cervical: HeLa	AHA1, Cytokeratin 19, Cytokeratin 1, PRDX3	Yue et al. (2008)
Ganoderic acid -DM	Prostate: PC-3, LnCaP	MMP-2 MMP-9	Johnson et al. (2010)
		IL-1, IL-6, TNF-α, CCL-2/MCP-1
Lucidenic acid -C, -A, -N, -B.	Leukemia: HL 60	Bcl-2, caspase-9, caspase-3	Hsu et al. (2008)