Artemisinin: Current status

The compounds derived from the Chinese medicinal plant qinghao (Artemisia annua) are the most rapidly acting of all antimalarial drugs. They are effective when given parenterally, orally or by suppository. No serious adverse effect has yet been reported in humans. The artemisinin derivatives already...

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spelling th-mahidol.96062018-02-27T11:29:35Z Artemisinin: Current status Nicholas J. White Mahidol University Cho Quan Hospital John Radcliffe Hospital Immunology and Microbiology Medicine The compounds derived from the Chinese medicinal plant qinghao (Artemisia annua) are the most rapidly acting of all antimalarial drugs. They are effective when given parenterally, orally or by suppository. No serious adverse effect has yet been reported in humans. The artemisinin derivatives already have an established role in the treatment ofmulti-drug resistant falciparum malaria, but their wider use will depend on the results of current mortality and toxicity studies. © 1994 Oxford University Press. 2018-02-27T04:27:01Z 2018-02-27T04:27:01Z 1994-01-01 Article Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Vol.88, (1994), 3-4 10.1016/0035-9203(94)90459-6 18783503 00359203 2-s2.0-0028305816 https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/9606 Mahidol University SCOPUS https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=0028305816&origin=inward
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Medicine
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Medicine
Nicholas J. White
Artemisinin: Current status
description The compounds derived from the Chinese medicinal plant qinghao (Artemisia annua) are the most rapidly acting of all antimalarial drugs. They are effective when given parenterally, orally or by suppository. No serious adverse effect has yet been reported in humans. The artemisinin derivatives already have an established role in the treatment ofmulti-drug resistant falciparum malaria, but their wider use will depend on the results of current mortality and toxicity studies. © 1994 Oxford University Press.
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