 The IC50 of lycorine was found to vary between the different species it can be found in but a common deduction from the experiments on lycorine was that it had some effect on inhibiting AChE.Lycorine exhibits cytostatic effects by targeting the actin cytoskeleton rather than by inducing apoptosis in cancer cells, though lycorine was found to apoptosis at different stages in a cells cycle.One possible synthesis of lycorine could come from O-Methylnorbelladine, which can be seen in the image to the right.