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ReviewOpen life sciences2025

The potential role of rutin, a flavonoid, in the management of cancer through modulation of cell signaling pathways.

Hajed Obaid A Alharbi, Shehwaz Anwar, Arshad Husain Rahmani

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Review in Open life sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Suppressive Potential of Ethanolic Extracts ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  6. Chemical Profile and In Vitro Protective Effects ofPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Hajed Obaid A AlharbiDepartment of Medical Laboratories, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Qassim University, Buraydah, 51452, Saudi Arabia.
Shehwaz AnwarDepartment of Medical Laboratory Technology, Mohan Institute of Nursing and Paramedical Sciences, Bareilly, 243302, India.
Arshad Husain RahmaniDepartment of Medical Laboratories, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Qassim University, Buraydah, 51452, Saudi Arabia.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer treatment continues to face challenges due to adverse effects, drug resistance linked with conventional therapies, and high costs. As increasing interest in safer and cost-effective alternatives drugs, natural products such as flavonoids have been explored for treating cancer. Rutin, a dietary flavonoid, exhibits diverse pharmacological activities that may contribute to cancer prevention and treatment. It interferes with cancer progression by inducing apoptosis and autophagy, promoting cell cycle arrest, regulating oxidative stress, activating tumor suppressor gene, and modulating various signaling cascades. Recent studies also suggest that combining rutin with other therapeutic agents or employing nanoformulations may enhance its bioavailability and anticancer efficacy. This review critically examines anticancer mechanisms across various cancer types and highlights novel strategies to explored their therapeutic potential. The comprehensive clinical trials and mechanistic studies are needed to validate its safety, bioavailability, and efficacy in cancer management.

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bioavailabilitycancer therapyinflammationoxidative stresspathogenesisrutin

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PMID41142938
PMCPMC12552877

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