The invention belongs to the technical field of medicines, and relates to uses of loganetin in preparation of antitumor medicines. Tumors here include mammal gastric cancer, liver cancer, esophagus cancer, colorectal cancer, pancreatic cancer, lung cancer, head and neck cancer, leukemia, malignant lymphoma, prostatic cancer, breast cancer, glioma, carcinoma of bile duct, melanoma, kidney cancer, ovarian cancer, endometrial cancer and cervical cancer, and more specifically, human gastric cancer, human liver cancer, human esophagus cancer, human colorectal cancer, human pancreatic cancer, human lung cancer, human head and neck cancer, human leukemia, human malignant lymphoma, human prostatic cancer, human breast cancer, human glioma, human carcinoma of bile duct, human melanoma, human kidney cancer, human ovarian cancer, human endometrial cancer and human cervical cancer. In-vitro and in-vivo tests prove that the loganetin can inhibit the tumors well, shows good tumor growth inhibiting activity, and has great potential in development into antitumor medicines.