Abstract
Abstract Many species of Hibiscus are grown for their showy flowers or used as landscape shrubs. Hibiscus has also medicinal properties. Flowers of these plants are rich in polyphenols, flavonoids and anthocyanins. In this study flower decoction of Hibiscus rosa-sinensis has been tested for cytotoxic activity. Allium cepa L. has been used for evaluating cytotoxicity. Decoction of flowers was toxic on root output and length in A. cepa L. and reduced the mitotic index significantly. It can be suggested that Hibiscus rosa-sinensis flowers contains antimitotic constituents which stop the cell division in anywhere of the cell cycle.
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