Especially, the study of the anti-hepatocellular carcinoma effect of sacha inchi peptides (SPs) or Inca peanut (Plukenetia volubilis L.)in human hepatocellular carcinoma HepG2 cell lines presented mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization (MOMP) via the activation of a pro-apoptotic protein, which is Bax. This evidence concerns the gene BAX and hepatocellular carcinoma.