Nitidine chloride, a potential anti-malarial lead compound derived from Zanthoxylum nitidum (Roxb) DC, exerts potent anticancer activity through diverse pathways, including inducing apoptosis, inhibiting STAT3 signaling cascade, DNA topoisomerase 1 and 2A, ERK and c-Src/FAK associated signaling pathway, also has anti-inflammatory activity. Nitidine chloride inhibits LPS-induced inflammatory cytokines production via MAPK and NF-kB pathway[1][2][3][4][5].
