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Eryngium foetidum commonly known as Culantro has been used in traditional medicine and also an edible food. It is cultivated worldwide being grown as an annual plant in temperate climates. In the present study phytochemical, antioxidant and cytoprotective studies of the whole plant of E. foetidum has been concentrated. Both qualitative and quantitative phytochemical analysis was evaluated for the plant. Antioxidant studies of the plant was carried out using DPPH and ABTS assays respectively. Cytotoxic activity of the plant was analysed against breast cancer cell line (MCF-7) using MTT assay. The qualitative phytochemical analysis revealed the presence of alkaloids, flavonoids, glycosides, polyphenols and tannins. The quantitative analysis of the methanolic extract revealed the presence of tannins in high amount followed by polyphenols and glycosides. Antioxidant studies of methanolic extract of the plant revealed IC50 values of 62.27mg/L and 53.33mg/L for DPPH and ABTS assays respectively. The results revealed that the plant has significant antioxidant activities. The study also revealed the cytotoxic activity of E. foetidum against the breast cancer cell line (MCF-7). Thus the present study reported that E. foetidum is rich in phytochemicals which is the reason for its antioxidants and its cytotoxic activity.