“…alkaloids [1], such as flindersine, oricine and verprisine, which are generally seen in the plant family Rutaceae [2] (figure 1). These derivatives exhibit a wide range of biological activities [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] such as anti-allergic, anti-bacterial, anti-microbial, anti-coagulant, anti-tumour, anti-hypertensive, anti-algal and anti-inflammatory activities. In addition to these bioactivities, some of them show cancer cell growth inhibitory activity and have been found to be potential anti-cancer agents [13].…”