Author(s)

Hasan Alaa Aldeen Khalaf¹, Ruaa Azziz Jasim¹, Ismail Taha Ibrahim^2,3

¹Pharmacognosy Department, College of Pharmacy, Al-Bayan University, Baghdad, Iraq.
²Pharmacology Department, College of Pharmacy, Al-Bayan University, Baghdad, Iraq.
³Hot Laboratory, Egyptian Atomic Energy, Cairo, Egypt.

Cancer is a set of diseases including abnormal growth of cells that can spread to another tissue. Verbascoside (or acteoside) is a naturally occurring, water-soluble secondary metabolite with significant biological properties, which is distributed widely in plant kingdom. Verbascoside is pharmacologically active compounds with many recent evidences that support its biological activities and safety. This review focuses on the recent studies that concerned with the antitumor activities of verbascoside alone and as a synergistic agent as well as nanoproduct. It also shows the latest advances in its antitumor effects, cytotoxic selectivity and its efficiencies in treating cancer, in vitro and/or vivo.

Verbascoside, Phenylethanoids, Phenylpropanoids, Glycosides, Cytotoxic, Antitumor

Khalaf, H. , Jasim, R. and Ibrahim, I. (2021) Verbascoside—A Review of Its Antitumor Activities. Pharmacology & Pharmacy, 12, 109-126. doi: 10.4236/pp.2021.126011.