Alkaloids Isolated from Natural Herbs as the Anticancer Agents

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Berberine, evodiamine, matrine, piperine, sanguinarine, and tetrandrine restrain cancer by modulating multiple signaling pathways, resulting in the inhibition of the initiation of carcinogenesis, induction of cell cycle arrest, apoptosis, autophagy, or differentiation, and inhibition of metastasis, angiogenesis, and so forth.