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This plant has uses in traditional medicine.<ref name="uses"/> It is used for skin, gastrointestinal, and respiratory ailments.<ref name="uses2"/> In Brazil, the plant is made into cough syrup, and the roots are said to be good for dysmenorrhea. Laboratory tests showed it has some inhibitory activity against various fungi, such as Candida glabrata, Aspergillus flavus, A. niger, A. fumigatus, Penicillium chrysogenum, and Candida albicans.<ref name="uses2"/> Hot water extracts of different parts of the plant (i.e. leaf, stem, root, flower and fruit) were also shown to have free radical and nitric oxide scavenging activities.
==Common name==
* '''English''' - white buttercup
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