Amaranthus belong to family, native to Asia and the America is a cosmopolitan genus of annual or shortlived perennial plants. While this plant has lots of properties. The aim of this study is to overview its therapeutic effects than its nutritive and industrial effects. This review article was carried out by searching studies in PubMed, Medline, Web of Science, and IranMedex databases up to 2016.totally, of 120 found articles, 40 articles were included. The search terms were “Amaranthus”, “therapeutic”, “pharmacological”, herbal remedy. Various studies have shown that Amaranthuspossess In vivo properties, Qualitative and quantitative aspects, Protein quality, Antioxidant effect, Modulatory effect ,Anti-cancer effect, Anti-obesity effect, Amino transferase activity, Physical, thermal, and structural properties ,Potential Treatment for Hypercholesterolemia, Antimicrobial properties . Amaranthus is widely used for therapeutic and purposes that trigger its significant value. Various combinations and numerous medicinal properties of its extract, essential oils, its stems and leaves demand further and more studies about the other useful and unknown properties of this multipurpose plant.
