Morphological changes of segetoside I treated HepG2 cells, usingHoechst 33342 staining, revealed apoptotic features like condensednuclei and increased nuclear fragmentation (Fig. 2A). Compara-tively, the same trend was observed in 5-FU but with less apoptoticeffect (Fig. 2B). Early apoptosis was also detected in HepG2 cells ina dose-dependent manner after annexinV/propidium iodide stain-