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    Artemisinin (/ˌɑːtɪˈmiːsɪnɪn/) and its semisynthetic derivatives are a group of drugs used in the treatment of malaria due to Plasmodium falciparum. It...
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    extract of A. annua, called artemisinin (or artesunate), is a medication used to treat malaria. Discovery of artemisinin and its antimalarial properties...
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  • in the malaria parasite—including for combination therapies featuring artemisinin, a drug of last resort, where resistance has now been observed in Southeast...
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    Artemisinin drugs are effective and safe in treating uncomplicated malaria. Artemisinin in combination with other antimalarials (known as artemisinin-combination...
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  • and led to the development of a class of new antimalarial drugs called artemisinins. Launched during and lasting throughout the Cultural Revolution, Project...
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  • of artemisinin (a potent antimalarial drug). It was observed that single amino acid mutations in PfATP6 could abolish sensitivity to artemisinin compounds...
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    is a Chinese malariologist and pharmaceutical chemist. She discovered artemisinin (also known as qīnghāosù, 青蒿素) and dihydroartemisinin, used to treat...
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    Organization (WHO) therefore recommends its use during pregnancy. It is in the artemisinin class of medication. Artemether has been studied since at least 1981...
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    harm to the baby. Use is likely fine during breastfeeding. It is in the artemisinin class of medication. Artesunate was developed by Liu Xu in 1977. It is...
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    therapeutic drugs, including chloroquine and artemisinins, were used to resist the scourge. Today, artemisinin is present in every remedy applied in the...
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    Isles. Artemisinin (from Artemisia annua) and derivatives are a group of compounds used to treat malaria. Treatments containing an artemisinin derivative...
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    malaria. Dihydroartemisinin is the active metabolite of all artemisinin compounds (artemisinin, artesunate, artemether, etc.) and is also available as a...
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    developing synthetic biology tools to engineer the antimalarial drug artemisinin. Keasling received his bachelor's degree at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln...
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    into modern remedies, such as the anti-malarial group of drugs called artemisinin isolated from Artemisia annua herb, a herb that was known in Chinese...
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  • Mefloquine P01BD01 Pyrimethamine P01BD51 Pyrimethamine, combinations P01BE01 Artemisinin P01BE02 Artemether P01BE03 Artesunate P01BE04 Artemotil P01BE05 Artenimol...
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    metabolites. The two most commonly known terpenoids are artemisinin and paclitaxel. Artemisinin was widely used in Traditional Chinese medicine and later...
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    Constitutive androstane receptor Agonists: 6,7-Dimethylesculetin Amiodarone Artemisinin Benfuracarb Carbamazepine Carvedilol Chlorpromazine Chrysin CITCO Clotrimazole...
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    into modern remedies, such as the anti-malarial group of drugs called artemisinin isolated from Artemisia annua, a herb that was known in Chinese medicine...
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    Constitutive androstane receptor Agonists: 6,7-Dimethylesculetin Amiodarone Artemisinin Benfuracarb Carbamazepine Carvedilol Chlorpromazine Chrysin CITCO Clotrimazole...
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    about artemisinin production in Artemisia species, A. japonica had around average levels compared to other species (0.05% to 0.15% artemisinin). It also...
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  • and ADS catalyzes the first committed step in the antimalarial drug artemisinin synthesis. Amorpha-4,11-diene synthase is a 533 amino acid long protein...
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    Constitutive androstane receptor Agonists: 6,7-Dimethylesculetin Amiodarone Artemisinin Benfuracarb Carbamazepine Carvedilol Chlorpromazine Chrysin CITCO Clotrimazole...
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    Monoterpenes (C10H16)(2) Monoterpenoids (2,modified) Sesquiterpenoids (3) Artemisinin Bisabolol Cadinene Cadinol Cedrene Chanootin Farnesyl pyrophosphate Juniperol...
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    Constitutive androstane receptor Agonists: 6,7-Dimethylesculetin Amiodarone Artemisinin Benfuracarb Carbamazepine Carvedilol Chlorpromazine Chrysin CITCO Clotrimazole...
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  • side effects or to reduced efficiency. In 2001, the first fixed dose artemisinin-based combination therapy to meet the World Health Organization's (WHO)...
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    Constitutive androstane receptor Agonists: 6,7-Dimethylesculetin Amiodarone Artemisinin Benfuracarb Carbamazepine Carvedilol Chlorpromazine Chrysin CITCO Clotrimazole...
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  • malaria. Dihydroartemisinin is the active metabolite of all artemisinin compounds (artemisinin, artesunate, artemether, etc.) and is also available as a...
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    Constitutive androstane receptor Agonists: 6,7-Dimethylesculetin Amiodarone Artemisinin Benfuracarb Carbamazepine Carvedilol Chlorpromazine Chrysin CITCO Clotrimazole...
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    (October 2009). "Discovery, mechanisms of action and combination therapy of artemisinin". Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy. 7 (8): 999–1013. doi:10.1586/eri...
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    Constitutive androstane receptor Agonists: 6,7-Dimethylesculetin Amiodarone Artemisinin Benfuracarb Carbamazepine Carvedilol Chlorpromazine Chrysin CITCO Clotrimazole...
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