New Uses for Old Drugs: The Tale of Artemisinin Derivatives in the Elimination of Schistosomiasis Japonica in China

New Uses for Old Drugs: The Tale of Artemisinin Derivatives in the Elimination of Schistosomiasis Japonica in China

Artemisinin (qinghaosu), extracted from the Chinese herb Artemisia annua L. in 1972, and its three major derivatives—artemether, artesunate and dihydroartemisinin—were firstly identified as antimalarials and found active against all species of the malaria parasite. Since the early 1980s, artemisinin...

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Main Authors: Yi-Xin Liu, Wei Wu, Yue-Jin Liang, Zu-Liang Jie, Hui Wang, Wei Wang, Yi-Xin Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-09-01
Series:Molecules
Subjects:
schistosomiasis japonica
artemisinin
artemether
artesunate
dihydroartemisinin
elimination
China
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/19/9/15058

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