The use of costic acid and other components from the plant Dittrichia viscosa (Greek: aconiza) and related species for the preparation of acaricidal products used against the acari Varroa destructor as parasite of the honey bee.

Dexamethasone, an interleukin receptor modulator, has anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressant effects. It belongs to a potent glucocorticoid class of steroid synthetic drugs.

Kira8 is a mono-selective IRE1α inhibitor that allosterically attenuates IRE1α RNase activity (IC50: 5.9 nM).