In traditional medicine, the Chilcuague root's main bioactive component affinin and derived isobutyl-dicyanamide is used to treat respiratory diseases, as an anesthetic to treat tooth and muscular aches, buccal lesions, and as an anti-parasitic. This extract showed a positive analgesic activity, and recent tests conducted by the NIH resulted in amazing results in treating rheumatoid arthritis.
3 Mexican crops of agroalimentary importance
Anti-inflammatory effects of ethanolic extract and alkamides-derived from Heliopsis longipes roots
methanolic extracts of Chilcuague