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Cultivation with 4-8 μmol/l hypericin (specific proteinkinase C inhibitor) activated by light induced high inhibition of the rate of HL-60 cell growth. When hypericin treated cells were not exposed to light growth inhibition was insignificant. Cultivation with light activated hypericin in concentration 16 μmol/l slightly inhibited growth rate of AtT20/D16v-F2 cells. AtT20/D16v-F2 cells did not proliferate in presence of light activated 32 μmol/l hypericin. Evidence of apoptosis was found in HL-60 cells treated with 1-8 μmol/l light activated hypericin, with maximum of apoptotic cells detected after 8 μmol/l light activated hypericin. Light activated hypericin induces both apoptosis and necrosis in dose and time dependent manners in HL-60 cells, but causes only necrosis in AtT20/D16v-F2 cells.