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. 2022 Aug 12;14(16):3898. doi: 10.3390/cancers14163898

Table 2.

Chemical structure and the specific activity of major anticancer phytochemicals extracted from different plants.

Species Name Phytochemicals Chemical Structure Types of Cancers Reference
Catharanthus roseus Vinca alkaloids graphic file with name cancers-14-03898-i001.jpg Kaposi’s sarcoma, breast, leukemia, testicular and lung cancers, and lymphomas [130]
Podophyllum peltatum Podophyllotoxin graphic file with name cancers-14-03898-i002.jpg Testicular, bronchial, and lymphomas cancer [131]
Taxus brevifolia Taxanes graphic file with name cancers-14-03898-i003.jpg Kaposi sarcoma, lung cancer, ovarian and breast cancer [132]
Camptotheca acuminata Camptothecin graphic file with name cancers-14-03898-i004.jpg Colorectal, lung, ovarian cancer [133]
Cephalotaxus harringtonia var. drupacea Homoharringtonine graphic file with name cancers-14-03898-i005.jpg Chronic myelogenous leukemia and myelogenous leukemia [134]
Albizia lebbeck Saponin graphic file with name cancers-14-03898-i006.jpg Cervical, larynx, hepatocarcinoma, breast, and colon carcinoma [135]
Annona squamosa Isoquinoline alkaloid graphic file with name cancers-14-03898-i007.jpg Liver, breast, and colon cancer [90]
Arnebia euchroma Shikonin graphic file with name cancers-14-03898-i008.jpg Prevents cancer-causing and malfunction compounds [33]
Asclepias curassavica Calotropin graphic file with name cancers-14-03898-i009.jpg Nasopharynx carcinoma [136]
Asparagus racemosus Shatavarin IV graphic file with name cancers-14-03898-i010.jpg Ehrlich ascites carcinoma (EAC) tumor [137]
Bacopa monnieri Stigmasterol graphic file with name cancers-14-03898-i011.jpg Inhibits EAC (Ehrlich ascites carcinoma) and protects the liver of the EAC patient [118]