Artemisinin as a therapeutic<i>vs.</i>its more complex<i>Artemisia</i>source material
Pamela J. Weathers
Abstract
Many small molecule drugs are first discovered in nature, commonly the result of long ethnopharmacological use by people, and then characterized and purified from their biological sources.
Topics & Concepts
ArtemisininSmall moleculeChemistryComputational biologyTraditional medicinePharmacologyBiologyMedicineMalariaBiochemistryImmunologyPlasmodium falciparumSesquiterpenes and Asteraceae StudiesEssential Oils and Antimicrobial ActivityAlkaloids: synthesis and pharmacology