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γ-Tocotrienol (Plastochromanol) is one of the four types of tocotrienol, a type of vitamin E. Itl is also a radioprotector, antioxidant. It shows antitumor and antihypertensive effects in vivo.

Genistin (Genistoside) is the major isoflavonoid of soybeans and soy products.It has been reported to possess various therapeutic effects, including anti-inflammatory and anticancer activities

1. Octyl Gallate is an antioxidant approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a food additive. 2. Octyl Gallate has antimetastatic activity. 3. Octyl Gallate shows antimicrobial activity against H. pylori, with a minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) value of 125 ug/mL. 4. Combination therapy with octyl gallate and ferulic acid improves cognition and neurodegeneration in a transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.5. Octyl Gallate is a potential anticancer agent, it exhibited decreased MCF-7 & MDA-MB-231 survival and induced apoptosis, with IC50 value of 40 uM. 6. Octyl gallate (Octyl 3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoate) has antiviral activity, it shows an inhibitory effect on the growth of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) in HEp-2 or Vero cells. 7. Octyl gallate shows antifungal activity against Saccharomyces cerevisiae ATCC7754 and Zygosaccharomyces bailii ATCC 60483.

4-Methoxycinnamyl alcohol showed toxicity to MCF-7, HeLa and DU145 cancer cell lines with IC50 values of 14.24, 7.82 and 22.10 μg/mL, respectively. 4-Methoxycinnamyl alcohol was isolated from Foeniculum vulgare. 4-Methoxycinnamyl alcohol did not show apoptotic effects but showed necrosis after 48 h in a 10 μg/mL DNA fragmentation study.

Alisol F 24-acetate is a natural product isolated from Alisma plantago-aquatica Linn[1]. Alisol F 24 Acetate enhances chemosensitivity and apoptosis of MCF-7/DOX Cells by inhibiting P-Glycoprotein-Mediated drug efflux[2].

Ellipticine (Elliptisine) is a potent antineoplastic agent exhibiting multiple mechanisms of action, IC50 of 0.67±0.06, 1.25±0.13, 1.25±0.13, 0.67±0.06, 0.27±0.02, 0.49±0.04, 0.44±0.03, and 1.48±0.62 μM for Leukemia HL-60, Breast adenocarcinoma MCF-7, Breast adenocarcinoma MCF-7, Leukemia HL-60, Neuroblastoma IMR-32, Neuroblastoma UKF-NB-4, Neuroblastoma UKF-NB-3, and Glioblastoma U87 mg cell, respectively.

1. Oroxylin A (Baicalein 6-methyl ether) has various anti-tumor effects including apoptosis, cell cycle arrest, drug-resistant reversion. 2. Oroxylin A possesses abilities of inhibiting the ATRA-induced IL-6 production via modulation of LAP/LIP/CHOP in leukemia cell lines, which could providing a therapeutic strategy for RAS. 3. Oroxylin A inhibits UCP2s triggers the MPTP opening, and promotes the apoptosis in CaCo-2 cells; uncoupling protein 2 plays a key role in mitochondrial apoptotic pathway. 4. Oroxylin A inhibits N1ICD translocating to the nucleus and binding to epithelial-mesenchymal transition-related transcription factor Snail, thus suppressing the invasion and migration of MCF-7 cells. 5. Oroxylin A improves the sensitivity of K562/ADM cells by increasing apoptosis in leukemic cells and decreasing the expression of CXCR4 and PI3K/Akt/NF-κB pathway, and probably served as a most promising agent for CML treatment.

Ethyl gallate (gallic acid ethyl ester) obviously decreases cell proliferation in MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7 cells in a dose- and time-dependent manner, exhibits cytotoxicity in a dose-dependent manner. Ethyl gallate can inhibit the abilities of invasion of breast cancer in vitro by inhibiting the mRNA levels of MMP-9/MMP-2, phosphorylation of Akt and protein expression of NF-κB and inhibits hydrogen peroxide signaling, may represent an alternative class of vasopressors for use in septic shock. Also, Ethyl gallate suppresses proliferation and invasion in human breast cancer cells by modulating the PI3K/Akt pathway, which may contribute to inhibiting their downstream targets such as NF-κB p-65, Bcl-2/Bax, and mRNA levels of MMP-2 and MMP-9 in breast cancer cells, could be used as potential antioxidants with safe therapeutic application in cancer chemotherapy.

Anticancer Agent 149 (compound 3), isolated from the rhizome of Dioscorea dioscorea (DM), demonstrates selective cytotoxicity against MCF-7 cells with an IC50 of 31.41 μM [1].

5,7-Dimethoxy-2,3-phenanthrenediol exhibits estrogenic activity by promoting the proliferation of MCF-7 cells and enhancing the expression of ERβ within this cell line [1].

Stephacidin B is a fungal metabolite that has been found inA. ochraceus.1Dimeric stephacidin B is rapidly converted to a monomer, avrainvillamide ,in vitro.2Stephacidin B is cytotoxic to a variety of cancer cells, including testosterone-independent PC3 and -sensitive LNCaP prostate cancer cells (IC50s = 0.37 and 0.06 μM, respectively) and estradiol-independent SK-BR-3 and -sensitive MCF-7 breast cancer cells (IC50s = 0.32 and 0.27 μM, respectively).1It induces apoptosis in HepG2 and Huh7 hepatocellular carcinoma cells when used at a concentration of 4 μM.3 1.Qian-Cutrone, J., Huang, S., Shu, Y.-Z., et al.Stephacidin A and B: Two structurally novel, selective inhibitors of the testosterone-dependent prostate LNCaP cellsJ. Am. Chem. Soc.124(49)14556-14557(2002) 2.Wulff, J.E., Herzon, S.B., Siegrist, R., et al.Evidence for the rapid conversion of stephacidin B into the electrophilic monomer avrainvillamide in cell cultureJ. Am. Chem. Soc.129(16)4898-4899(2007) 3.Hu, L., Zhang, T., Liu, D., et al.Notoamide-type alkaloid induced apoptosis and autophagy via a P38/JNK signaling pathway in hepatocellular carcinoma cellsRSC Adv.9(34)19855-19868(2019)

(+)-Syringaresinol shows antioxidant potential, it exhibits cytoprotective activity in cultured MCF-7 cells stressed by H2O2.

β-Chamigrenal has anti-inflammatory activity, it has inhibitory effects on lipopolysaccharide-induced nitric oxide and prostaglandin E2 production in RAW 264.7 macrophages. Chamigrenal shows platelet-activating factor antagonistic activity and the IC(50)

Xanthoquinodin A1 is a fungal metabolite that has been found inHumicolaand has diverse biological activities.1,2It inhibitsE. tenellaschizont formation in BHK-21 cells with a minimum effective concentration (MEC) value of 0.02 μg/ml.1Xanthoquinodin A1 is active againstB. subtilis,M. luteus,S. aureus,A. laidlawii, andB. fragilisin a disc assay when used at a concentration of 1 mg/ml. It is also active againstB. cereus(MIC = 0.44 μM).2Xanthoquinodin A1 is cytotoxic to KB, MCF-7, and NCI H187 cancer cells. 1.Tabata, N., Suzumura, Y., Tomoda, H., et al.Xanthoquinodins, new anticoccidial agents produced by Humicola sp. Production, isolation and physico-chemical and biological propertiesJ. Antibiot. (Tokyo)46(5)749-755(1993) 2.Tantapakul, C., Promgool, T., Kanokmedhakul, K., et al.Bioactive xanthoquinodins and epipolythiodioxopiperazines from Chaetomium globosum 7s-1, an endophytic fungus isolated from Rhapis cochinchinensis (Lour.) MartNat. Prod. Res.34(4)494-502(2020)

Peganumine A, a natural product isolated from Peganum harmala, exhibits cytotoxic activity with IC50 values of 5.8 µM for HL-60 cells, 38.5 µM for MCF-7 cells, 40.2 µM for PC-3 cells, and 55.4 µM for HepG2 cells [1].

Araliadiol is a polyacetylenic compound isolated from the leaves of Aralia cordata Thunb. Araliadiol inhibits MCF-7 cell growth (IC50: 6.41 µg/mL).

(+)-Menthyl acetate, extracted from the essential oil of Cunila angustifolia Benth, exhibits selective cytotoxicity, demonstrating higher efficacy against the MCF-7 cell line with an IC50 of 34.0 μg/mL and lower efficacy against the SK-Mel-28 cell line, where the IC50 is 279.9 μg/mL, when tested on A549 cells without fatal consequences [1].

Uralenol significantly shows the inhibitory activities against the PTP1B enzyme; it also shows inhibitory activities on mushroom tyrosinase using l-tyrosine as substrate( IC50 =49.5 μM). Uralenol shows potent anti-proliferation effects on ER-positive breast cancer MCF-7 cells in vitro.

Methyl para-hydroxyphenyllactate(MeHPLA) can suppress the cellular proliferation of estrogen-sensitive MCF-7 breast cancer cells in vitro and to suppress the growth of rat uteri in vivo, high affinity of MeHPLA for the type II estrogen binding site (EBS)

Aszonapyrone A is a meroditerpene fungal metabolite that has been found in Neosartorya and has diverse biological activities.1,2,3 It inhibits the growth of MCF-7, NCI H460, and A375-C5 cancer cells (GI50s = 13.6, 11.6, and 10.2 μM, respectively).1 Aszonapyrone A is active against multidrug-resistant isolates of S. aureus, E. faecalis, and E. faecium (MICs = 8, 16, and 16 μg/ml, respectively) and inhibits S. aureus biofilm formation.2 It is also active against P. falciparum in vitro (IC50 = 1.34 μg/ml).3

2'-Hydroxygenistein has antifungal activity, dimerization of it causes a remarkable increase of antifungal activity. It shows significant concentration-dependent inhibitory effects on the release of beta-glucuronidase and lysozyme from rat neutrophils in response to formyl-Met-Leu-Phe/cytochalasin B. 2'-Hydroxygenistein of genistein can enhance its antioxidant activity and cell cytotoxicity in MCF-7 human breast cancer cells.

Puerarin-4'-O-β-D-glucopyranoside (Puerarin4'-O-glucoside) is a natural product isolated from Pueraria lobata root having estrogenic activity and anti-proliferation in MCF-7 human breast carcinoma cells.

Iriflophenone stimulates cells proliferation in  MCF-7 and T-47D human breast cancer.

Trabectedin (Ecteinascidin 743) has potent antitumor activity and the potential for soft tissue sarcoma and ovarian cancer research. Trabectedin inhibits cell growth of MX-1, MCF7 and MCF7/DXR cells with IC50 values of 0.1 nM, 1.5 nM and 3.7 nM, respectively.

1. Decursin (Decursinol angelate) is able to attenuate kainic acid-induced seizures and could have potential as an antiepileptic drug. 2. Decursin exhibits hepatoprotective effects , potentially by inhibiting the TGF-β1 induced NOX activation and Smad signaling. 3. Decursin has anti-cancer activity , mediated suppression of the PKCα, MAPK and NF-κB pathways in MCF-7 cells. 4. Decursin exhibits cytotoxicity against various human cancer cells and to possess anti-amnesic activity in vivo through the inhibition of AChE activity.

5,7,3',4'-Tetrahydroxy-3-methoxy-8,5'-diprenylflavone showed strong anti-proliferation effect on ER-positive breast cancer MCF-7 cells in vitro, with an IC50 value of 4.41 uM. 5,7,3',4'-Tetrahydroxy-3-methoxy-8,5'-diprenylflavone can significantly down-regulate the expression of estrogen receptor-α (ER-α) and inhibit tumor growth in human breast cancer cell line BCAP-37 xenograft model.

Topotecan hydrochloride (NSC609699) is an antineoplastic agent used to treat ovarian cancer.

6-Methoxydihydrosanguinarine is a natural product. 6-Methoxydihydrosanguinarine shows strong cytotoxicity against MCF-7 and SF-268 cell lines with IC50 values of 0.61 μM and 0.54 μM, respectively.It has antibacterial activity against Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains with minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) ranging from1.9 to 3.9 microg/ml

Aphagranin A exhibits strong antiproliferative activity against the growth of six lines of human cancer cells (MCF-7, A549, HepG2, Bel-7402, SGC-7901, and BGC-823.

Dimethylmatairesinol can reduce the amount of Immunoglobulin E (IgE) secreted by human myeloma U266 cells, it has potential as an anti-allergic agent. Dimethylmatairesinol also exhibits significant cytotoxicity against three human tumor cells(A-549 lung c

Curdione ((+)-Curdione) inhibits CYP3A4 activity and the production of prostaglandin E2. Curdione inhibits proliferation of MCF-7 cells by inducing apoptosis. Curdione may be a candidate for anti-inflammatory and Y chemopreventive agents.

4-Demethyldeoxypodophyllotoxin, an aryl tetrahydronaphthalenyl lignan analog from the roots of Podophyllum peltatum, has anticancer activity and modulates the Chk-2 signaling pathway in MCF-7 breast cancer cells.

Tryptanthrin is a natural DNA gyrase inhibitor.

Costunolide (Costus lactone) has anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant properties and mediates apoptosis.

Dihydroconiferyl alcohol exhibits cytoprotective activity in cultured MCF-7 cells stressed by H2O2.

1. Dehydrocorydaline (13-Methylpalmatine) exerts anti-metastatic potential via suppression of MMPs and Bcl-2 signaling in NSC-LC cells. 2. Dehydrocorydaline stimulates p38 MAPK activation, which can enhance heterodimerization of MyoD and E proteins, thus resulting in MyoD activation and myoblast differentiation. 3. Dehydrocorydaline shows antiplatelet effects, it inhibits thrombin-induced platelet aggregation in a low dose ( IC50= 34.914 ug/mL). 4. Dehydrocorydaline has anti-inflammatory and antinociceptive effects. 5. Dehydrocorydaline inhibits MCF-7 cell proliferation by inducing apoptosis mediated by regulating Bax/Bcl-2, activating caspases as well as cleaving PARP.

Aviculin, a lignan glycoside, exhibits significant anticancer properties, particularly in inhibiting the metabolic activity of MCF-7 cells to below 50%, with an IC 50 value of 75.47 μM. It promotes apoptosis in breast cancer cells via the intrinsic apoptosis pathway, enhancing the expression of initiator caspase-9, executioner caspase-7, and poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP). Furthermore, Aviculin leads to an increased Bax/Bcl-2 ratio, underlying its potential as an effective anticancer agent.

27-O-(tert-Butyldimethylsilyl)withaferin A (compound 9a), a natural withanolide known for inducing apoptosis, exhibits antiproliferative effects on HeLa, A-549, and MCF-7 human cancer cell lines, as well as on normal Vero cells [1].

Malformin A is a cyclopentapeptide fungal metabolite that has been found in A. niger and has diverse biological activities. It is a plant growth regulator that induces malformations in plant structure. Malformin A inhibits replication of tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) in local lesion and leaf-disc assays (IC50s = 19.7 and 45.4 μg/ml, respectively). It is cytotoxic to NCI-H460, MIA PaCa-2, MCF-7, SF-268, and WI-38 cancer cells (IC50s = 70, 50, 100, 70, and 100 nM, respectively), inhibits proliferation of PC3 and LNCaP cells (IC50s = 130 and 90 nM, respectively), and induces apoptosis and necrosis in PC3 and LNCaP cells. Malformin A also increases the accumulation of reactive oxygen species, decreases the mitochondrial membrane potential, and induces autophagy in PC3 and LNCaP cells. It is toxic to mice when administered intraperitoneally (LD50 = 3.1 mg/kg) but not orally up to doses of 50 mg/kg.

7,3′,5′-Trihydroxyflavanone, a flavanoid derivative, promotes apoptotic cell death in MCF-7 cells by augmenting Bax expression. Additionally, this compound demonstrates antioxidant properties.

3-Oxotirucalla-7,24-dien-21-oic acid is the first known compound isolated from Polygonum spp. and can be obtained from the roots of Black Cohosh. 3-Oxotirucalla-7,24-dien-21-oic acid showed potent cytotoxicity against MCF-7 cell lines.

1. Desoxyrhaponticin (Deoxyrhaponticin) is an agent that is potentially effective in controlling postprandial hyperglycemia in diabetes, the in vivo antidiabetic action of this compound can be explained, in part at least, by inhibition of glucose transport in the small intestine and inhibition of glucose reabsorption in the kidney. 2. Desoxyrhaponticin and rhaponticin could be considered as promising fatty acid synthase(FAS) inhibitors, they could inhibit intracellular FAS activity and downregulate FAS expression in human breast cancer MCF-7 cells.

Butyrolactone V is a fungal metabolite that has been found in A. terreus and has antiprotozoal, antioxidant, and anticancer activities.1,2,3 It is active against the P. falciparum strain K1 (IC50 = 7.9 μg/ml) and L. amazonensis promastigotes (IC50 = 23.7 μM).2,1 Butyrolactone V (227 and 454.1 μM) is also active against adult S. mansoni worms.1 It scavenges 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl and ABTS radicals with IC50 values of 20.7 and 3.7 μM, respectively, in cell-free assays.3 Butyrolactone V also inhibits proliferation of MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7 breast cancer cells (IC50s = 22.2 and 31.9 μM, respectively).1

1. β,β-Dimethylacrylshikonin (Dimethylacrylshikonin) is a promising agent for developing an improved strategy for radiotherapy against tumors. (a) Injection of Dimethylacrylshikonin combined with IR treatment significantly suppressed tumor growth of the HCT-116 xenograft. (b) Dimethylacrylshikonin significantly suppressed the growth of H(22) transplantable hepatoma, and induced the activation of caspase-3 . (c) Dimethylacrylshikonin inhibited growth of gastric cancer SGC-791 cells by inducing ERK signaling pathway. 2. Dimethylacrylshikonin inhibits the proliferation of MCF-7 cells in vitro by inducing apoptosis through the downregulation of Bcl-2, upregulation of Bax and partial inactivation of the NF-κB pathway.

(-)-Epipodophyllotoxin (2) is an antiproliferative agent against cancer cells with GI50s of 0.36 and 0.24 μM in HeLa cells and MCF-7 cells, respectively. (-)-Epipodophyllotoxin can inhibit mitotic spindle assembly in vitro.

1. Furanodienone has effects on MCF-7 cells are mediated, at least in part, by inhibiting ERα signaling. 2. Furanodienone inhibits EGFR/HER2 signaling pathway in BT474 and SKBR3 cells, the effect is specifically dependent on the expression of HER2 but not EGFR .

Neogambogic acid, an active ingredient in garcinia, can inhibit the growth of some solid tumors and result in an anticancer effect, it may be responsible for the inhibition of proliferation of human breast cancer cell line MCF-7 cells.

Confluentin has antimicrobial activity against the gram-positive bacteria.Confluentin significantly inhibits compound 48/80-induced histamine release from rat peritoneal mast cells. Confluentin also shows weak cytotoxicity against four human tumor cell li

Regiolone demonstrates phytotoxicity. Regiolone also has anti-proliferative and apoptotic activities, it can induce apoptosis in MCF-7 cells through the caspase-3 independent pathway.

Goniotriol shows antimycobacterial activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MIC =100 microg/mL). It exhibits antiplasmodial activity against Plasmodium falciparum (IC50=2.6 microg/mL). Goniotriol shows cytotoxicity against cancer cells, KB, BC1, NCI-H