10.22376/ijpbs.2019.10.1.p1-12 Volume 4 Issue 1 2013 (January - March) Cancer, after cardiovascular disease, is the second leading cause of death. Worldwide about 10 million people per year are diagnosed with cancer and more than 6 million die of the disease and over 22 million people in the world are cancer patients. It is a complex disease that is associated with a wide range of effects both at the molecular and cellular levels. Natural protection against cancer has recently been receiving a great deal of attention not only from cancer patients but also from physicians as well. In this study the effect of extracts from various parts of the fruit of lessThan i greaterThan Eugenia jambolana lessThan /i greaterThan (Black Plum) is observed on breast cancer and prostate cancer cell lines. SATYANARAYANA RENTALA , HARSHINI KODALI AND CHINNA BABU PYDI Eugenia jambolana, Prostate cancer, cell viability, apoptosis and cancer cell lines 601-608