Artemisinin
Botanical Source: Artemisia Annua L.
CAS No.: 63968-64-9
Plant Part Used: Leaf
Appearance: White needle crystal
Specification: Artemisinin 99% HPLC
Description:
Artemisinin is also known as Qinghaosu and its derivatives are a group of drugs that possess the most rapid action of all
current drugs against Plasmodium falciparum malaria.Treatments containing an artemisinin derivative (artemisinin-
combination therapies, ACTs) are now standard treatment worldwide for P. falciparum malaria. The starting compound
artemisinin is isolated from the plant Artemisia annua, sweet wormwood, a herb employed in Chinese traditional
medicine.
Functions:
Antimalarial;
Treat falciparum malaria;
Treat breast tumor.
Dangerous malignant anopheles type.
Antibacterial, Artemisinin has anti-influenza virus effect.
Also can be used to treat systemic lupus erythematosus and DLE.
Anti-parasite, Artemisinin play the role of anti-schistosomiasis and leptospirosis.
Application:
Pharmaceutical field ( anti-malarial agents);
Health products & Cosmetic
Applied in the food field, it has become a new raw material which used in food and beverage industry;
