Phenylmercuric propionate is used as a paint preservative. In addition, it is used as a preservative in cosmetics. It was reported, that phenylmercuric propionate used to sterilize bed lines in a hospital laundry produced contact urticarial and asthma.

Jervine (11-Ketocyclopamine) is a naturally occuring steroidal alkaloid is derived from the Veratrum plant species. Jervine is a teratogen implicated in birth defects when consumed by animals during a certain period of their gestation. Over the Hedgehog signaling pathway Jervine effectively inhibit the tumor growth using three human tumor xenograft models including lung cancer, pancreatic cancer and basal cell carcinoma. Jervine has the potential to advance to a treatment for different tumors.