Antitumor Activity of Isosteroidal Alkaloids from the Plants in the Genus Veratrum and Fritillaria

Title:Antitumor Activity of Isosteroidal Alkaloids from the Plants in the Genus Veratrum and Fritillaria

Volume: 19 Issue: 3

Author(s): Yuanhong Shang, Qingdan Du, Simei Liu, Maksorvor Staadler, Shu Wang and Dongdong Wang*

Affiliation:

• Department of Pharmacognosy, West China College of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, No. 17, Duan 3, Renmin Nan Road, Chengdu 610041,Austria

Keywords: Isosteroidal alkaloids, antitumor activity, Veratrum, Fritillaria, mechanism, traditional chinese medicine.

Abstract: Isosteroidal alkaloids are a category of promising bioactive compounds which mostly exist in plants of genus Veratrum and Fritillaria. The pharmacological activities of isosteroidal alkaloids include antihypertensive, antitussive, anti-inflammatory, antithrombosis, among others. Recently, some studies show that this kind of alkaloids exhibited significant antitumor activity. To the best of our knowledge, there is no review focusing on their antitumor activity and mechanism of their antitumor activity. To fill the gap, in this review, we summarized antitumor effects of the isosteroidal alkaloids from genus Veratrum and Fritillaria on different tumors and the mechanisms of their antitumor activity. In conclusion, this kind of alkaloids has extensive antitumor activity, and there are several main mechanisms of their antitumor activity, including the Hedgehog signaling pathway, caspase-3 dependent apoptosis, cell cycle, and autophagy.

Cite this article as:

Shang Yuanhong, Du Qingdan, Liu Simei, Staadler Maksorvor, Wang Shu and Wang Dongdong*, Antitumor Activity of Isosteroidal Alkaloids from the Plants in the Genus Veratrum and Fritillaria, Current Protein & Peptide Science 2018; 19 (3) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1389203718666170106103747