Artemisinin is a sesquiterpene lactone drug with peroxide groups extracted from the traditional Chinese medicine Artemisia annua. It has the characteristics of high efficiency, quick effect, clearing heat and relieving heat, relieving deficiency fever, killing protozoa, and low toxicity. It is currently used all over the world. Artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) for the treatment of malaria has a curative effect of over 90% and has been widely used in the treatment of malaria in countries around the world.
Application fields
Artemisinin is the most effective drug for the treatment of malaria resistance. Combination therapy with artemisinin-based drugs is also the most effective and most important method for treating malaria. But in recent years, with the deepening of research, more and more other effects of artemisinin have been discovered and applied research, such as anti-tumor, treatment of pulmonary hypertension, anti-diabetic, embryotoxicity, anti-fungal, immune regulation, etc.
