Found to be anti-cancerous via upregulation of apoptosis (ROS induced) by decreasing the Bax/Bcl2 and Bcl2/Bim ratio. However, in breast cancer upregulation of caspase-9 and 3 along with PARP was found to be the vital components contributing to anticancer nature of WA. Here, PARP1 is linked to breast carcinoma.