I te ao o ngā tāpiringa hauora tūturu, kei te tere te mōhiotia o te rutin hei matū tipu kaha. I ahu mai i te kupu Latina 'ruta', ko tōna tikanga 'rue', kua arotahihia tēnei matū e ngā rangahau pūtaiao maha nā ōna painga hauora whakamiharo.

Ko te rutin, e mōhiotia ana ko te 芸香苷, ko te 芦丁 rānei, he matū tūturu e kitea ana i roto i ngā putiputi paukena. He wāhanga nui tēnei hei pupuri i te hauora pai o te ngākau me te ngākau. Ko te mahi matua a te matū he ārai i te toto me te whakapai ake i te rere o te toto, hei āwhina i te pupuri i te kaha me te hauora o te ngākau.

He uaua te tukanga wehewehe me te purenga o te rutin, ā, me whai tikanga matatau pērā i te High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC). Kei te piki haere te whakamahinga o tēnei matū i roto i ngā tāpiringa kai nā te mea he maha ngā painga hauora, mai i te tiaki i te ngākau ki te whakapai ake i te mahi ārai mate.

He maha ngā rangahau kua mahia mō ngā āhuatanga rongoā o te rutin, ā, kua whakamanahia anō ōna painga hauora. Kua whakaatuhia he āhuatanga ārai-mumura tōna, ā, he mea whai hua ki te whakahaere i ngā āhuatanga pēnei i te mate rumatiki. Hei tāpiri, kua kitea he kaha ngā āhuatanga antioxidant o te rutin, e whawhai ana ki ngā rauropi kore utu, e whakaiti ana hoki i te ahotea waikura. Ka āwhina tēnei ki te ārai i ngā mate mau tonu pēnei i te mate pukupuku me te mate ngakau.

He pai te āhua o te heke mai mō te rutin i te mea kei te piki haere te mōhio o te iwi ki ōna painga hauora. I te mea kei te ruku hohonu haere tonu ngā rangahau ki ngā āhuatanga o tēnei matū whakamiharo, ka taea e tātou te tumanako ka kite i ētahi atu tono mō te rutin i roto i te ao hauora me te rongoā.

Hei whakamutunga, he matū koiora whakamiharo te rutin e tuku ana i te maha o ngā painga hauora. Ko tōna kaha ki te aukati i te toto, te whakapai ake i te rere o te toto, me te tautoko i te hauora o te ngākau, he taputapu kaha ki te pupuri i te hauora o te ngākau me te ngākau. Mā te rangahau tonu me te whakanui ake i te mōhiotanga, he tino whai wāhi nui te rutin ki te whakarei ake i te oranga whānui me te aukati i ngā mate mau tonu i ngā tau e haere ake nei.