| Because of the extensive biological functions of natural substances such as bio-flavonoids, and their high safety and low costs, they could have high priority applica-tion in the health care system. The antioxidant properties of rutin, a polyphenolicbioflavonoid, have been well documented and demonstrated a wide range of pharma-cological applications in cancer research. Since chemotherapeutic drugs have a widerange of side effects and rutin is a safe anticancer agent with minor side effects sorecent investigations are performed for study of mechanisms of its anticancer effect.Both in-vivo and in-vitro examinations on anticancer mechanisms of this naturalagent have been widely carried out. Regulation of different cellular signaling path-ways such as Wnt/β-catenin, p53-independent pathway, PI3K/Akt, JAK/STAT,MAPK, p53, apoptosis as well as NF-ĸB signaling pathways helps to mediate the anti-cancer impacts of this agent. This study tried to review the molecular mechanisms ofrutin anticancer effect on various types of cancer. Deep exploration of these antican-cer mechanisms can facilitate the development of this beneficial compound for itsapplication in the treatment of different cancers. |