The artemisia plant also known as Sweet Wormwood contains artemisinin which has been used in Chinese traditional medicine for centuries in treating fevers.
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Artemisinin
//ˌɑː.tɪˈmiː.sɪn.ɪn//
Synonyms for "artemisinin" (3 found)
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5 translations across 4 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 青蒿素 noun (antimalarial from Artemisia annua)
- 黃花蒿素 /黄花蒿素 noun (antimalarial from Artemisia annua)
Kazakh
1 entries- артемизинин noun (antimalarial from Artemisia annua)
Portuguese
1 entries- artemisinina noun (antimalarial from Artemisia annua)
Spanish
1 entries- artemisina noun (antimalarial from Artemisia annua)
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The latest treatment, artemisinin, comes from a Chinese shrub.
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It is up to 95 percent effective in curing uncomplicated malaria infections but, because it is derived from a plant, artemisinin is frequently in short supply, and expensive.
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In another just-released study in the journal The Lancet Infectious Diseases, scientists in Thailand have found widespread malaria parasite resistance to artemisinin and combination therapies using artemisinin, considered the gold standard treatment.
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