Ailanthone and diallyl disulfide, which are the natural compounds from Chinese plants and garlic, respectively, induce autophagy through Beclin1, p62, LC3 expression (Wei et al., 2018) and mTOR-mediated autophagic death in myeloid leukemia cells (Suangtamai & Tanyong, 2016). Here, MAP1LC3A is linked to myeloid leukemia.