Objective: To investigate the inhibiting effects of total platycodin on cell cycle and proliferation of human pulmonary adenocarcinoma A549 ceils. Methods: The pulmonary adenocarcinoma A549 cells were cultred in vitro. The proliferation, variation of cytomorphology and total platycodin were detected by MTT, Giemsa staining and FCM (flow cytometry) methods respectively. Results: The results showed that cell proliferation was inhibited apparently by total platycodin with dose-effect relationship (P〈0.05). The cytomorphology of A549 cells ...