Deoxyelephantopin is a natural product isolated and purified from the herbs of Elephantopus scaber Linn. with hepatoprotective and antitumor activity, by inhibiting metastatic, inducing apoptosis, modulating oxidative stress , STAT3/p53/p21 signaling, MAPK pathway, PI3k/Akt/mTOR pathway, caspase cascades, and ROS .

Scabertopin, a natural product isolated and purified from the herbs of Elephantopus scaber Linn., exhibits significant antitumor effect in vitro in a concentration-dependent manner.

Isodeoxyelephantopin, a natural product isolated and purified from the herbs of Elephantopus scaber Linn., exerts antitumor effects on several cancer cells by inducing apoptosis, cell cycle arrest, and inhibiting proliferation, and enhances apoptosis and inhibit invasion and osteoclastogenesis by inhibiting NF-kappaB activation and NF-kappaB-regulated gene expression.