Objective To study the effect and mechanism of procyanidins (PC) on the proliferation and apoptosis of MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cell line. Methods The cells were randomly divided into positive control group, control group and PC (10, 20, 4., 80, 160, 320 μg/mL) groups. Growth inhibiting rate of MDA-MB-231 cell was detected by MTT assay. Apoptosis was detected by flow cytometry, and the expression of FoxA1 protein and anti apoptotic protein (UCP2 and bcl2) were detected by Western blot. Results Different doses of PC could infinicantly inhibited...