A Brief History of Qinghaosu

© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. The 2015 Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology was awarded to William C. Campbell and Satoshi Omura for their discovery of avermectins, and to Tu You You for her contribution to the discovery of artemisinin. The discovery and development of qinghaosu (artemisinin) as an antimal...

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Main Authors: Nicholas J. White, Tran T. Hien, François H. Nosten
Other Authors: Mahidol University
Format: Note
Published: 2018
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Online Access:https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/36046
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Summary:© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. The 2015 Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology was awarded to William C. Campbell and Satoshi Omura for their discovery of avermectins, and to Tu You You for her contribution to the discovery of artemisinin. The discovery and development of qinghaosu (artemisinin) as an antimalarial drug is a remarkable and convoluted tale.