Hylambatin, a tachykinin, increases both plasma glucose and plasma insulin, whereas the secretion of glucagon was not affected. Hylambatin can be used in diabetes research.

N tau-methylhistamine is one of the histamine metabolites. N tau-methylhistamine in plasma and urine is a good parameter for histamine release and the determination of this histamine metabolite is generally less hampered by possible artifacts (due to basophil disrupture a very short half-life time or bacterial production) than determinations of histamine itself.

Teicoplanin is a semisynthetic glycopeptide antibiotic used in the prophylaxis and treatment of serious infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria.