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.
9,11-Dehydro-β-boswellic acid is a compound with urease inhibitory activity and acts as an inhibitor of 5-lipoxygenase (5-LO), a critical enzyme in leukotriene biosynthesis.
Beta-Peltoboykinolic acid has in vitro protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) inhibitory, it inhibits PTP1B with IC50 values of 5.2+/-0.5 microM. It also has cytotoxic activity.