Reflections on the 'discovery' of the anti-malarial qinghao
Artemisinin, qinghaosu, was extracted from the traditional Chinese medical drug qinghao (the blue-green herb) in the early 1970s. Its 'discovery' can thus be hailed as an achievement of research groups who were paradoxically successful, working as they were at the height of political mass...
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
2006
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