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Objective To explore inhibitory effects of ginsenoside on the proliferation of human thyroid canc-er SW579 cells in vitro and expression of C -myc and Bcl -2 protein.Methods Human thyroid cancer SW579 cells were cultured according to conventional method.The study was divided into the control group and ginsenoside group (20,40,8ug/mL).Inhibitory role of ginsenoside on proliferation of SW579 cells was detected by MTT assay.Western-blot method was used to determine expression levels of C -myc and Bcl -2 protein in different group.Results The inhibition rates of 20,40,80μg/mL ginsenoside to SW579 thyroid carcinoma cell were 22.35%,51.76% and 68.24% respectively.Which meaned ginsenoside had obvious inhibitory effect compared with the control group(P <0.01),and inhibition increased with the increase of solubility(P <0.01).C -myc and Bcl -2 protein were reduced progressively in place with the increase of ginsenoside concentration by Western -Blot analysis (P <0.01 ).Conclusion Gisenoside may play the inhibitory role on proliferation of human thyroid cancer SW579 cells in vitro, and its mechanism may be related with down -regulation of C -myc and Bcl -2 protein.