Research and Development on Artemisia annua in India
| Autor: | Ajit Kumar Shasany, Suman Preet Singh Khanuja, Ashutosh K. Shukla |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
0301 basic medicine chemistry.chemical_classification Traditional medicine biology Family Asteraceae Artemisia annua Sesquiterpene lactone biology.organism_classification 01 natural sciences 03 medical and health sciences 030104 developmental biology chemistry medicine Artemisinin 010606 plant biology & botany medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | New Age Herbals ISBN: 9789811082900 |
| Popis: | Artemisia annua (family Asteraceae) is an important medicinal plant. It produces an array of secondary metabolites, but it is mainly known for the antimalarial phytomolecule, artemisinin, which is an endoperoxide sesquiterpene lactone. Artemisinin and artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) are globally used as antimalarials. Presently, the plant remains the only commercial source of artemisinin. After its introduction in India in the early 1980s, A. annua has been subjected to intensive research by Indian scientists. This chapter presents a snapshot of the research carried out on A. annua in Indian laboratories over the years. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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