This study was aimed to investigate effect of aconite alkaloids on proliferation and apoptosis of hu-man gastric cancer cell line SGC-7901 . Effects of different concentrations of aconite alkaloids on proliferation of human gastric cancer cell line SGC-7901 were investigated with MTT assay; induced apoptosis and cell cy-cle blocking were detected with flow cytometer ( FCM ) . The results showed that the IC50 of aconite alkaloids on human gastric cancer cell line SGC-7901 was 0 . 2318 ± 0 . 0022 , 0 . 1601 ± 0 . 0227 , 0 . 1031 ± 0 . 0231 mg/ml at 24 h , 48 h and 72 h , respectively , compared to the control group with significant difference ( P <0.01). When the aconite alkaloids concentration was 0.8 mg/ml, it appeared with obvious apoptosis. The apop-tosis rate was ( 59 . 38 ± 5 . 05 )%. The FCM detection showed that compared with control group , the percentage of S-phase cells increased in the treatment group . And a typical sub-diploid peak appeared before G0 / G1 phase . It was concluded that aconite alkaloids can inhibit the proliferation of human gastric cancer cell line SGC-7901 in vitro, induce the apoptosis of cells and make SGC-7901 cells remain in S phase.