Dried whole plant Artemisia annua as an antimalarial therapy.
Drugs are primary weapons for reducing malaria in human populations. However emergence of resistant parasites has repeatedly curtailed the lifespan of each drug that is developed and deployed. Currently the most effective anti-malarial is artemisinin, which is extracted from the leaves of Artemisia...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2012-12-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3527585?pdf=render |