Phytochemicals and Biogenic Metallic Nanoparticles as Anticancer Agents

Table 1

List of medicinal plants and phytochemicals and their anticancer activities.

Plant	Type of phytochemical(s)	Biological activity	References
Alangium salviifolium	Isoquinoline alkaloids and derivatives (IAD)	Ehrlich ascites carcinoma	[31]
Aloe vera	Aloin	Inhibition of human neuroectodermal tumors	[32]
Azadirachta indica	Limonoids	Murine Ehrlich carcinoma (EC) and B16 melanoma	[33]
Apium graveolens	Polyacetylenes	Leukemia cell lines	[34]
Alisma orientale	Triterpenes	HepG2, MDA-MB-231, and MCF-7 cell lines	[35]
Alstonia yunnanensis	IAD	Colon cancer	[36]
Aristolochia cucurbitifolia	IAD	Human liver cancer cell line	[37]
Aristolochia manshuriensis	IAD	Bone cancer	[37]
Atractylodes macrocephala	Sesquiterpenes	Lung carcinoma cells	[37]
Berberis vulgaris	Berberine	Breast, liver, and colon cancer cell lines (MCF-7, HepG2, and CACO-2)	[38]
Brucea javanica	Triterpenes	Bladder cancer	[38]
Clausena harmandiana	IAD	Cholangiocarcinoma	[39]
Daphniphyllum glaucescens	Terpenoids, alkaloids	General treatment of cancer	[40]
Dictamnus dasycarpus	Triterpenes	Human breast cancer cells	[41]
Emblica officinalis	Alkaloids	Antitumor activity	[42–44]
Euphorbia fischeriana	Diterpenes	General treatment of cancer	[45]
Ginkgo biloba	Terpenoids	Human breast cancer cell line	[46–48]
Goniothalamus amuyon	IAD	General treatment of cancer	[49]
Gynura pseudochina (L.)	Terpenoids, alkaloids	Breast cancer	[50]
Hedyotis biflora	Benzopyrones	General treatment of cancer	[51]
Houpoea obovata	Lignans	General treatment of cancer	[36]
Ixeris chinensis	Sesquiterpenes	General treatment of cancer	[52]
Juglans mandshurica	Quinones	Lung cancer	[53]
Macleaya microcarpa	IAD	General treatment of cancer	[54]
Matricaria recutita	Sesquiterpenes	Human HeLa cervix adenocarcinoma cells, K562 leukemia cells	[55]
Nauclea orientalis	IAD	Lung cancer	[56]
Oroxylum indicum; (L.) Kurz.	Flavonoid	HeLa cells	[57]
Petroselinum crispum	Polyacetylenes	Leukemia cell lines	[34]
Piper longum	Amide alkaloids	HL60 and MCT-7 cell lines	[58, 59]
Rhinacanthus nasutus	Rhinacanthins	HeLaS3 cells	[60]
Rubia cordifolia	Quinones	P-388 cancerous cell line	[61–63]
Schisandra henryi	Triterpenes	Leukemia and HeLa cells	[64]
Vitex rotundifolia	Diterpenes	Leukemia/myeloma; colon cancer	[65, 66]
Winchia calophylla	Indole alkaloids and derivatives	P-388 and A-549 tumor cell lines	[67]
Withania somnifera	Alkaloids	Dalton’s ascitic lymphoma	[68]