Alloferon 1 is an antiviral and antitumoral peptide. Alloferon 1 stimulates natural cytotoxicity of human peripheral blood lymphocytes. Alloferon 1 also induces IFN synthesis, and enhances antiviral and antitumor resistance in mice. Alloferon 1 also shows anti-inflammatory activity in λ-carrageenan-induced paw edema model. Alloferon 1 can be isolated from the blood of the blow fly Calliphora vicina (Diptera).

p-Hydroxyphenethyl anisate, a natural product from Notopterygium forbe-siiBoiss, is a novel polymeric sustained-release material that, after block copolymerization with AAPBA, produces nanoparticles with good pH sensitivity, glucose sensitivity, insulin loading rate, and stability.

SBE-β-CD is a sulfobutylether β-cyclodextrin derivative with a sodium sulfonate salt separated from the lipophilic cavity by a butyl ether spacer group, or sulfobutylether (SBE).