AKT1 and cervical cancer: Moreover, licochalcone A (LicA), another flavonoid extracted from Glycyrrhiza inflata Batalin root, has been shown to induce cell death and autophagy in cervical cancer cells by downregulation of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt/mammalian target of the mTOR signaling pathway [199].