Anticancer effects of rutin from Fagopyrum tataricum (tartary buckwheat) against osteosarcoma cell line.

Background: The present study is analysisof the seeds of buckwheat (Fagopyrum sp.),member of the Polygonaceae family for isolation of rutin and its anticancer property againstOsteosarcoma celllines (SAOS2). The selected plant is traditionally used for diabetes and cancer.