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This article reviews the discovery and the further studies on qinghaosu and its derivatives or analogs over the last decades in the fields of medicinal chemistry and some pharmacology research, with an emphasis on the progress achieved in China.
Keywords: artemisinin, chemistry, structure determination, synthesis, pharmacology, antimalarial, mechanism of action
Current Medicinal Chemistry
Title: An Over Four Millennium Story Behind Qinghaosu (Artemisinin)-A Fantastic Antimalarial Drug from a Traditional Chinese Herb
Volume: 10 Issue: 21
Author(s): Ying Li and Yu-Lin Wu
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Keywords: artemisinin, chemistry, structure determination, synthesis, pharmacology, antimalarial, mechanism of action
Abstract: This article reviews the discovery and the further studies on qinghaosu and its derivatives or analogs over the last decades in the fields of medicinal chemistry and some pharmacology research, with an emphasis on the progress achieved in China.
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Li Ying and Wu Yu-Lin, An Over Four Millennium Story Behind Qinghaosu (Artemisinin)-A Fantastic Antimalarial Drug from a Traditional Chinese Herb, Current Medicinal Chemistry 2003; 10 (21) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/0929867033456710
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/0929867033456710 |
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Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 1875-533X |
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