Artemisinin (/ˌɑːrtɪˈmiːsɪnɪn/) and its semisynthetic derivatives are a group of drugs used in the treatment of malaria due to Plasmodium falciparum....
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extract of A. annua, called artemisinin (or artesunate), is a medication used to treat malaria. Discovery of artemisinin and its antimalarial properties...
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Antimalarial medication (redirect from Artemisinin-based combination therapy)
in the malaria parasite—including for combination therapies featuring artemisinin, a drug of last resort, where resistance has now been observed in Southeast...
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of artemisinin (a potent antimalarial drug). It was observed that single amino acid mutations in PfATP6 could abolish sensitivity to artemisinin compounds...
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and led to the development of a class of new antimalarial drugs called artemisinins. Launched during and lasting throughout the Cultural Revolution, Project...
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Artemisinin drugs are effective and safe in treating uncomplicated malaria. Artemisinin in combination with other antimalarials (known as artemisinin-combination...
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harm to the baby. Use is likely fine during breastfeeding. It is in the artemisinin class of medication. Artesunate was developed by Liu Xu in 1977. It is...
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is a Chinese malariologist and pharmaceutical chemist. She discovered artemisinin (also known as qīnghāosù, 青蒿素) and dihydroartemisinin, used to treat...
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History of malaria (section Artemisinins)
therapeutic drugs, including chloroquine and artemisinins, were used to resist the scourge. Today, artemisinin is present in every remedy applied in the...
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Jay Keasling (section Artemisinin)
developing synthetic biology tools to engineer the antimalarial drug artemisinin. Keasling received his bachelor's degree at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln...
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