Exploration of the traditional Chinese medicine extracts as antimalaria drugs.

Malaria is an infectious disease caused by the Plasmodium genus parasites and the most fatal infections are caused by Plasmodium falciparum. The discovery of artemisinin from the Chinese Medicine herb Artemisia annua has been pivotal in malaria treatment. With the emergence of artemisinin resistance...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kua, Baohe.
Other Authors: Zbynek Bozdech
Format: Final Year Project (FYP)
Language:English
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/54818