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To evaluate the effects of DELA on apoptotic cell death, flow cytometry and Western blotting were performed. DELA demonstrated promising inhibition effects on sarcoma 180 cells in vitro and a 53.49% inhibitory rate on cancer cells in vivo. DELA treatment increased thymus indices and spleen indices in vivo, indicating that it reduced tumours, but did not damage the main immune organs. The DELA-evoked increase in apoptotic cell death was accompanied by occurrence of cleaved caspase-3 and decreases in the ratio of Bcl-2\/Bax. Further purification and LCMS analysis showed DELA contained homolycorine, 2\u03b1-hydroxyoduline, oduline, hippeastrine, 2\u03b1-hydroxy-6-O- methyloduline, and 2\u03b1-methoxy-6-O-methyloduline. 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