AIM To study the protective effects of paeoniflorin on CoCl_2-induced oxidative stress injury of PC12 cells. METHODS PC12 cells previously subjected to 1h paeoniflorin pre-treatment were incubated with CoCl_2 for 24 h in vitro. PC12 cells had their survival rate detected by MTT method; and their ROS level,cell apoptosis rate and mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) due to the effect of paeoniflorin (100,200 μg /mL) determined by the DCFH-DA probe,Annexin FITC-V/PI double staining method,and JC-1 probe. RESULTS The IC_(50) of PC12 cells was 1...