Discovery of Artemisinin (Qinghaosu)
Artemisinin (Qinghaosu), a new antimalarial drug, was discovered in China in the early 1970s. The discovery of artemisinin is attributed to You-You Tu, at that time a middle-aged phytochemist working in the Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine. The follo...
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MDPI AG
2009-12-01
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| Series: | Molecules |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/14/12/5362/ |