OBJECTIVE: To study the effects of grape seed proanthocyanidin (GSP) on the transmembrane transport of sodium glycocholate (GA) and sodium taurocholate (TA) in colon glandular cell Caco-2. METHODS: Caco-2 model was used, and RP-HPLC was conducted to determine the contents of GA and TA in cell culture medium. The test was divided into GSP group, GA group, TA group, GSP+GA group and GSP+TA group, the transport volumes of transporting GA and TA from Transwell apical (AP) side to basolateral (BL) side by Caco-2 cell at 0, 2, 4, 8 h were detected, respectively. RESULTS: The linear ranges of GA and TA were 0.05-1.2 mmol/L (R2=0.999 9). With the time passing, transport volumes of GA and TA in BL site in GA group and TA group were sharply increased; while the transport volumes were obviously decreased after adding GSP, with statistical significance (P<0.01). CONCLUSIONS: GSP has inhibitory effect on the transmembrane transport of GA and TA in Caco-2 cell.