Is alkylation the main mechanism of action of the antimalarial drug artemisinin?

Chemical Society Reviews

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 273-279

  Robert, Anne ^a   Meunier, Bernard ^a  

^a LCC LABORATOIRE DE CHIMIE DE COORDINATION   (France)

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EID: 14944343717     PISSN: 03060012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/a827273z     Document Type: Article

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