qinghaosu


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qinghaosu

(ching-how-sū),
Chinese herbal used as an antimalarial, contains artemisinins as a major component.
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Both combination treatments are types of artemisinin, whose active ingredient derives from a plant called Artemesia annua, also known as qinghaosu or sweet wormwood.
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It is derived from Artemisia annua, also known as sweet wormwood, which had been used in Chinese medicine for centuries under the name Qinghaosu.
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Otro tipo de farmacos antimalaricos lo constituyen el sesquiterpeno artemisinin (18, qinghaosu) (22) y sus derivados semisinteticos (19, trioxanos, figura 5).
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Artemisinin, a compound based on qinghaosu, or sweet wormwood, was first isolated in 1965 by Chinese military researchers.
Malaria treatment from China
* A `new' anti-malarial is a drug called Qinghaosu, derived from the sweet wormwood (Qinghao) plant (genus Artemisia).
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More than 20 years ago, Chinese scientists confirmed the antimalarial qualities of artemisinin, known in Chinese as qinghaosu (pronounced ching-how-soo).
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However, they say this dietary therapy may prove even more effective when used in conjucntion with oxidizing drugs, such as the Chinese herbal remedy qinghaosu, now being explored as a malaria treatment by the World Health Organization.
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