• Thumbnail for Artemisinin
    Artemisinin (/ˌɑːtɪˈmiːsɪnɪn/) and its semisynthetic derivatives are a group of drugs used in the treatment of malaria due to Plasmodium falciparum. It...
    57 KB (6,207 words) - 13:18, 13 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Artemisia annua
    extract of A. annua, called artemisinin (or artesunate), is a medication used to treat malaria. Discovery of artemisinin and its antimalarial properties...
    23 KB (2,537 words) - 02:44, 14 April 2024
  • in the malaria parasite—including for combination therapies featuring artemisinin, a drug of last resort, where resistance has now been observed in Southeast...
    62 KB (7,196 words) - 22:25, 9 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Malaria
    Artemisinin drugs are effective and safe in treating uncomplicated malaria. Artemisinin in combination with other antimalarials (known as artemisinin-combination...
    225 KB (23,937 words) - 09:25, 14 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Tu Youyou
    is a Chinese malariologist and pharmaceutical chemist. She discovered artemisinin (also known as qīnghāosù, 青蒿素) and dihydroartemisinin, used to treat...
    25 KB (2,430 words) - 22:36, 12 April 2024
  • and led to the development of a class of new antimalarial drugs called artemisinins. Launched during and lasting throughout the Cultural Revolution, Project...
    25 KB (2,834 words) - 08:55, 31 December 2023
  • of artemisinin (a potent antimalarial drug). It was observed that single amino acid mutations in PfATP6 could abolish sensitivity to artemisinin compounds...
    10 KB (1,147 words) - 04:04, 17 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Jay Keasling
    developing synthetic biology tools to engineer the antimalarial drug artemisinin. Keasling received his bachelor's degree at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln...
    27 KB (3,078 words) - 19:27, 29 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Dihydroartemisinin
    malaria. Dihydroartemisinin is the active metabolite of all artemisinin compounds (artemisinin, artesunate, artemether, etc.) and is also available as a...
    10 KB (998 words) - 12:00, 4 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Artemisia (plant)
    Isles. Artemisinin (from Artemisia annua) and derivatives are a group of compounds used to treat malaria. Treatments containing an artemisinin derivative...
    53 KB (5,092 words) - 04:45, 6 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for History of malaria
    therapeutic drugs, including chloroquine and artemisinins, were used to resist the scourge. Today, artemisinin is present in every remedy applied in the...
    94 KB (11,052 words) - 02:05, 9 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Artesunate
    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...
    31 KB (2,874 words) - 04:12, 5 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Artemether
    Organization (WHO) therefore recommends its use during pregnancy. It is in the artemisinin class of medication. Artemether has been studied since at least 1981...
    14 KB (1,189 words) - 06:08, 17 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Secondary metabolite
    metabolites. The two most commonly known terpenoids are artemisinin and paclitaxel. Artemisinin was widely used in Traditional Chinese medicine and later...
    33 KB (3,331 words) - 22:21, 10 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Pharmacognosy
    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...
    14 KB (1,655 words) - 20:54, 11 May 2024
  • malaria. Dihydroartemisinin is the active metabolite of all artemisinin compounds (artemisinin, artesunate, artemether, etc.) and is also available as a...
    7 KB (525 words) - 00:24, 26 July 2023
  • Thumbnail for Artemisia japonica
    about artemisinin production in Artemisia species, A. japonica had around average levels compared to other species (0.05% to 0.15% artemisinin). It also...
    5 KB (528 words) - 11:16, 26 December 2023
  • semisynthesis of the antimalarial drug artemether from naturally-occurring artemisinin.[non-primary source needed][non-primary source needed] As the field of...
    6 KB (679 words) - 16:25, 31 January 2024
  • Mefloquine P01BD01 Pyrimethamine P01BD51 Pyrimethamine, combinations P01BE01 Artemisinin P01BE02 Artemether P01BE03 Artesunate P01BE04 Artemotil P01BE05 Artenimol...
    4 KB (321 words) - 07:50, 18 April 2023
  • 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...
    12 KB (1,452 words) - 17:25, 1 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Fentanyl
    Constitutive androstane receptor Agonists: 6,7-Dimethylesculetin Amiodarone Artemisinin Benfuracarb Carbamazepine Carvedilol Chlorpromazine Chrysin CITCO Clotrimazole...
    173 KB (16,045 words) - 21:50, 12 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Omeprazole
    Constitutive androstane receptor Agonists: 6,7-Dimethylesculetin Amiodarone Artemisinin Benfuracarb Carbamazepine Carvedilol Chlorpromazine Chrysin CITCO Clotrimazole...
    42 KB (3,794 words) - 12:37, 9 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Herbal medicine
    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...
    60 KB (5,993 words) - 05:39, 13 May 2024
  • under Chairman Mao Zedong. The project resulted in the discovery of artemisinins, a class of antimalarial drugs, from the medicinal plant Artemisia annua...
    6 KB (632 words) - 22:08, 28 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for Limonene
    Monoterpenes (C10H16)(2) Monoterpenoids (2,modified) Sesquiterpenoids (3) Artemisinin Bisabolol Cadinene Cadinol Cedrene Chanootin Farnesyl pyrophosphate Juniperol...
    19 KB (1,541 words) - 10:40, 3 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Artemisia vulgaris
    among many others. Examples of the phytochemicals include vulgarin, artemisinin, scopoletin, camphene, camphor, sabinene, and some derivatives of quercetin...
    12 KB (1,030 words) - 03:55, 16 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Permethrin
    Constitutive androstane receptor Agonists: 6,7-Dimethylesculetin Amiodarone Artemisinin Benfuracarb Carbamazepine Carvedilol Chlorpromazine Chrysin CITCO Clotrimazole...
    37 KB (3,422 words) - 07:01, 15 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for 1,2,4-Trioxane
    improvements over the naturally derived artemisinins. The peroxide group in the 1,2,4-trioxane core of artemisinin is cleaved in the presence of the malaria...
    4 KB (258 words) - 20:25, 25 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Loratadine
    Constitutive androstane receptor Agonists: 6,7-Dimethylesculetin Amiodarone Artemisinin Benfuracarb Carbamazepine Carvedilol Chlorpromazine Chrysin CITCO Clotrimazole...
    30 KB (2,567 words) - 09:40, 15 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Lumefantrine
    (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...
    5 KB (296 words) - 09:31, 9 February 2024