Arnicolide C exhibits significant antiallergy activity.

Dichlobenil (2,6-dichloro-Benzonitrile) is a herbicide widely used for weed control, an olfactory toxicant, and a cellulose biosynthesis inhibitor.

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.