State of the art of the production of the antimalarial compound artemisinin in plants

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 199-209

  Van Geldre, Els ^a   Vergauwe, Annemieke ^a   Van Den Eeckhout, Elfride ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

antimalarial drugs; Artemisia annua L.; artemisinin

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIA ANNUA; CINCHONA;

EID: 0030981836     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005716600612     Document Type: Article

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