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Anticancer Alkaloids Essay Preview: Anticancer Alkaloids Report this essay Plant derived Anticancer Alkaloids Name of Alkaloid:- Homoharringtonine (Omacetaxine mepesuccinate) Plant Origin:- (Cephalotaxus harringtonia) Mechanism:- induces apoptosis by inhibition of protein synthesis Name of Alkaloid: Camptothecin Plant Origin:- from the bark and stem of Camptotheca, Happy tree) (Camptotheca acuminata) Mechanism:- a cytotoxic quinoline alkaloid which inhibits.