Traditional foods of Mexico: advances in discovering of their medicinal properties

Advances in the discovery of its medicinal properties

Resumen

Nowadays, many food products are investigated in order to establish their medicinal proprieties, active components and possible medical applications for prevention o treatment of different diseases. In the present work we have summarized some advances in investigation of medicinal potential of 4 traditional Mexican foods: nopal cactus, chili pepper, cinnamon and agave. The results have demonstrated that all 4 merit being present on daily basis in diet of Mexicans.