Review Article

Natural Products for Cancer Therapy: A Review of Their Mechanism of Actions and Toxicity in the Past Decade

Table 2

The anticancer effects of 1′-acetoxychavicol acetate on different cell lines.

Cancer typeCell lineEffectsReference

BreastMCF-7Cytotoxicity[70]
Activation of caspase-3, apoptosis[71]
Inactivation of NF-ĸB pathway and downregulation of its genes[72]
MDA-MB-231Cytotoxicity[73]
Activation of caspase-3[71]
4T1Downregulation of MMP-9 and VEGF, upregulation of IL-2 and IL-10, antitumour[74]

CervicalCaSkiUpregulation of has-miR-138, has-miR-210, and has-miR-744[75]
CaSki and SiHaOverexpression of RSU1, antiproliferation, apoptosis[76]
Downregulation of miR-210, upregulation of SMAD4[77]

ColonSW-480Cell cycle arrest, upregulation of p21, reduction of cyclin D, antiproliferation[78]
Colo 320Antiproliferation, apoptosis[79]

LungA549Inactivation of NF-ĸB pathway and downregulation of its genes, cytotoxicity, antitumour[80]
Induced prosurvival autophagy through Beclin-1-independent pathway[81]

ProstatePC-3Inactivation of NF-ĸB pathway and downregulation of its genes, cytotoxicity, antitumour[62]
Downregulation of CXCR4, VEGF, p65, and Ki-67, antitumour[74]
Antiproliferation, antimigration, antiadhesion, downregulation of Src, CD31, VEGF[82]

OralHSC-4Apoptosis, antimigration, antitumour, downregulation FasL, Bim, NF-κB, COX-2 and cyclin D1[83]