Cannabidivarin is a potent inhibitor against gamma 2 subunit of GABAA receptors. it may serve as a novel drug with definite control over childhood absence epilepsy.

Onjisaponin F(Polygalasaponin XXXI) acts non-competitively against cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase, like papaverine; it also exhibits a prolongation effect on hexobarbital sleeping time in mice.

2-O-β-D-Glucopyranosylcucurbitacin F 25-acetate is a cucurbitacin glucoside that can isolated from the more polar fractions of the MeOH extract of Cigarrilla mexicana.