Anti-tumor mechanisms of plant alkaloids / 国际肿瘤学杂志

ABSTRACT

Plant alkaloids have anti-tumor activities.In recent years,the anti-tumor mechanisms of plant alkaloid are demonstrated to be related to the block of tumor cell cycle,the induction of tumor cell apoptosis,the inhibition of tumor angiogenesis and multi-drug resistance.In addition,most recently,plant alkaloids are found to inhibit telomerase activity and induce autophagy.Therefore,plant alkaloids may be developed into a sort of potential antitumor drugs.