Qinghaosu, the antimalarial of chinese materia medica
Presents the story of how a plant of ancient Chinese medicine, qinghaosu, has provided medical science of an effective antimalarial substance: artemisinin. This is a modern analogy of what happened with quinine from the bark of Cinchona.
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2019 |
| Country: | Perú |
| Institution: | Sociedad Peruana de Medicina Interna |
| Repository: | Revista de la Sociedad Peruana de Medicina Interna |
| Language: | Spanish |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:medicinainterna.net.pe:article/72 |
| Online Access: | https://revistamedicinainterna.net/index.php/spmi/article/view/72 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Malaria qinghaosu artemisinina artemisinin |
| Summary: | Presents the story of how a plant of ancient Chinese medicine, qinghaosu, has provided medical science of an effective antimalarial substance: artemisinin. This is a modern analogy of what happened with quinine from the bark of Cinchona. |
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