Review Article

Antiangiogenic Effect of Alkaloids

Table 2

Classification of different alkaloids based on amino acid precursors and their origins.

Amino acid precursorsTyrosineTryptophanLysine

Alkaloid originsBerberineBrucineMatrine
Hydrastis canadensis; Coptis chinensisStrychnos nux-vomica L.Sophora alopecuroides
NoscapineEvodiamineCapsaicin
Papaver somniferum L.Evodia rutaecarpaCapsicum annum L.
SanquinarineHomoharringtonineHalofuginone
Sanquinaria canadenis L.CephalotoxusDichroa febrifugus
SinomeninePterogynidine
Sinomenium acutumPterogyne nitens Tul
Taspine
Tetrandarine
Stephania tetrandra S.