TABLE 2.
Natural products regulate glycolysis through the PI3K-AKT-mTOR signaling pathway in cancer.
| Ingredients | Target | Adjustment method | Target tumor | Source | Category | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| resveratrol | PI3K, AKT, mTOR | down-regulate | cancers | grapes, berries, peanuts, red wine | polyphenol | Brockmueller et al. (2021a) |
| salvianolic acid B | PI3K, AKT | down-regulate | oral squamous cell carcinoma | salviae miltiorrhizae | polyphenol | Wei et al. (2018b) |
| Shikonin | PI3K/AKT | inactivate | nasopharyngeal carcinoma | root of the herbal plant | naphthoquinone | Zhang et al. (2020) |
| Emodin | PI3K, AKT | down-regulate | renal cell carcinoma | Rhubarb | anthraquinone | Wang et al. (2021a) |
| triptolide | AKT, mTOR | down-regulate | non-small cell lung cancer | root extracts of tripterygium wilfordii | pentacyclic triterpenoid | Hamdi et al. (2018) |
| atractylenolide I | AKT, mTOR | down-regulate | colorectal cancer | plant-based baizhu | sesquiterpenoids | Wang et al. (2020) |
| tanshinone IIA | AKT | down-regulate | oral squamous cell carcinoma | salvia miltiorrhiza | diterpenoid naphthoquinone | Li et al. (2020a) |
| compound K | AKT, mTOR | down-regulate | hepatocellular carcinoma | Saponin | metabolite of the ginsenoside | Shin et al. (2021) |
| Morusin | AKT mTOR | down-regulate | hepatocellular carcinoma | the roots of morus alba | flavonoid | Cho et al. (2021) |
| Berberine | mTOR | down-regulate | colon cancer | roots, rhizomes, stems, and bark of berberis plan | isoquinoline alkaloid | Mao et al. (2018a) |
| curcumin | mTOR | down-regulate | lung cancer | rhizome of the plant curcuma longa | polyphenol | Siddiqui et al. (2018a) |
| lily saponin monomer 13 | mTOR | down-regulate | colorectal cancer | dwarf lilyturf tuber | saponin monomer | Wei et al. (2019) |