Breast cancer is one of the second most common cancers in the world. Recent research suggest that plant derived drugs are of great interest due to its health benefits not only food substances of plant origin but also for the therapeutic usage to combat against various ailments due to the absence of adverse side effects. In the present investigation, efficacy of diosgenin in mammary carcinoma cell line (MCF-7) and in experimental breast cancer was investigated. Inhibition of MCF-7 cells is likely to be selective apoptotic nature of the compound diosgenin. In addition, diosgenin is very...