It is thought that MC extracts’ anti-cancer properties could rely on the ability to modulate several de-regulated signaling pathways in different type of cancer, like MAPK pathway, Akt/mTOR/p70S6K pathway through activation of AMPK, Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway and through the modulation of cell cycle proteins, thereby inducing cell cycle arrest or inducing apoptosis or other cell death pathways. This evidence concerns the gene AKT1 and cancer.