A variety of active chemical components, such as flavonoids, triterpenoid saponins, coumarins, thiophenes, and phenolic acids, are present in Eclipta, and EA is the main triterpenoid compound of Eclipta. EA has been reported to induce apoptosis by activating the ASK1/JNK pathway and autophagy in human lung cancer cells (Han et al. 2019). This evidence concerns the gene MAP3K5 and lung cancer.