| Vegetal part and botanical name | Picture | Bioactive phytocompounds | Biological functions | Therapeutic effect against various cancers | References |
| Taxus chinensis (Pilger) Rehd (bark) | | Paclitaxel (taxol) | Anticancer, antioxidant, and antiageing | Breast, liver, ovarian, colon, lung and esophageal cancer, lymphoma, childhood leukemia, melanoma | [20–22, 25, 26, 150] | Curcuma longa Linnaeus (rhizome) | | Curcumin, demethoxycurcumin, bisdemethoxycurcumin, germacrone, furanodienone, zederone, and ar-turmerone | Anticancer, antiangiogenic, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-HIV, antibacterial, and immunomodulatory | Colon, cervical, lung, thymic, brain, pancreatic, breast, bone cancers, and liver cancer | [34–37, 151] | Zingiber officinale roscoe (rhizome) | | Phenolic and terpene | Anticancer, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, immunomodulatory, antiangiogenic, and antibacterial | Colon cancer, ovarian cancer, and breast cancer | [41–43, 46, 152] | Camptotheca acuminata Decne (leaf, flower, stem, fruit, root) | | Alkaloids, flavonoids, and glycosides | Anticancer, antivirus, antipsoriatic, antifungal, anti-inflammation, antibacterial, and antiparasitic | Lung and ovarian cancer | [48–50, 153] | Vinca rosea L. (Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don) (leaf) | | Vinca alkaloids: vindesine, vincristine, vinorelbine, and vinblastine | Anticancer, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory | Lung cancer, breast cancer, Hodgkin’s lymphoma, leukemia, Kaposi sarcoma, Ewing sarcoma, follicular lymphoma, retinoblastoma, ovarian germ cell tumor, acute lymphoblastic leukemia rhabdomyosarcoma, testicular germ cell tumor | [54–56, 154] | Belamcanda chinensis L. DC. (root) | | Flavonoids, terpenoids, organic acids, and quinones | Antitumor, antioxidant, antibacterial, antidiabetic, estrogen-like, hepatoprotective, and anti-inflammatory | Breast cancer, liver cancer, prostrate carcinoma, gastric carcinoma, T-cell leukemia | [61–63, 65, 155] | Cryptolepis sanguinolenta (Lindl.) Schltr. (leaf and root) | | Alkaloids, flavones, and tannin | Anticancer, antibacterial, antiparasitic, anti-inflammatory, antifungal, antidiabetic, and antioxidant | Lung cancer | [66, 67, 156] | Garcinia hanburryi hook (fruit, leaf, and seed) | | Polyphenols, benzophenones, xanthones, and bioflavonoids | Anticancer, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antitumor, antifungal, antiulcer, antibacterial, antiviral. | Breast cancer, lung cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma, prostate cancer, and gastric carcinoma. | [74–77, 157] | Psoralea corylifolia L. (Buguchi) (whole plant) | | Psoralidin, meroterpenes, coumarins, and flavonoids | Anticancer, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, antidepressant, antioxidant, and antipsoriatic. | Breast, prostate, and lung cancer | [81, 82, 84, 158] | Cimicifuga foetida L. (rhizome) | | Phenylpropanoids, lignans, cycloartane triterpenoids, chromones, amides | Antitumor, anti-inflammatory, antiviral, antimenopause, analgesic, antiosteoporosis, and antipyretic | Breast, prostate, and liver cancer | [88, 89, 93, 159] | Taxus baccata L. (leaf and bark) | | Paclitaxel (taxol), taxusin, baccatin, taxoids viz., baccatin, taxine, lignans, phenols steroids, flavonoids | Anticancer, antimalarial, antirheumatic, abortifacient, anti-inflammatory antinociceptive, and septic shock | Kaposi’s sarcoma, breast, ovarian, and lung cancer | [94, 96, 97, 160] | Viscum Album L. (stem, leaf, and fruit) | | Flavonoids, phenylpropanoids, alkaloids, proteins, triterpenes, steroids, lipophilic molecules, viscumneoside XII, XIII, XIV, lectins, and conjugated acetylene | Anticancer, antidiabetic, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, sedative, antihypertensive, and hepatoprotective | Breast cancer and gynecological cancer | [101, 102, 109, 111, 161] | Gardenia jasminoides J. Ellis (stem, bark, and fruit) | | Geniposide, crocin, genipin, gardenoside, and iridiod | Anticancer, antidepression activity, antioxidant, hypoglycemic effect, antidiabetic, anti-inflammatory, improvement in the quality of sleep, antigastritis, antiarthritis, antihyperlipidemia | Brain tumor, oral cancer, liver cancer | [113, 114, 116, 162, 163] | Colchicum autumnale L. (bulb, flowers, and leave) | | Colchicine | Anticancer, anti-inflammatory, and antiproliferative | Solid tumor, leukemia | [118, 119, 121, 164] | Salvia prionitis Hance (root) | | Diterpenoid quinone, salvicine | Anticancer, antitumor, antimicrobial | Lung cancer and solid tumor | [122, 124, 127] | Raphanus sativus L. (root, stem, leaf) | | Flavanoid, glucosinolates, folic acid, flavonoids, polyphenolics, dietary fiber, vitamin A and C | Anticancer, antimicrobial, and anti-inflammatory | Colon cancer and breast cancer | [128–131, 165] | Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Miers (bark, leaf, flower, and stem) | | Polysaccharides, aliphatic compounds, phenolics, sesquiterpenoid, steroids, diterpenoid lactones, alkaloids, glycosides | Anticancer, antineoplastic, antioxidant, hepatoprotective, hypolipidemic, antiperiodic, antispasmodic, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antiosteoporotic, antidiabetic, antiarthritic, antiallergic, and immunologic | Breast cancer and tumor | [132–137, 166] | Nigella sativa L. (seed) | | Thymoquinone, dithymoquinone, and dihydrothymoquinone | Anti-inflammatory, anticancer, antioxidant, antibacterial, antiangiogenic, antidiabetic, and organ-protective | Breast cancer and tumor | [138–142, 167] |
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