Genus Ruta: A natural source of high value products with biological and pharmacological properties

Ruta genus is constituted by ten species, of which the most commonly described are R. chalepensis and R. graveolens. Ruta plants are perennial shrubs belonging to the family Rutaceae, which are traditionally used in folk medicine, since ancient times mostly for the treatment of various ailments of the womb. To provide a review of the different uses of Ruta species in traditional medicine, as well as, on their multifactorial biological and...