Reflections on the 'discovery' of the antimalarial qinghao

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 666-670

  Hsu, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artemisinin; China; Drug discovery; Ge Hong; Malaria; Qinghaosu

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ;

ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTEMISIA ANNUA; CHINA; CHINESE MEDICINE; CULTURAL FACTOR; HERB; HUMAN; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QINGHAO; REVIEW; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISININS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LACTONES; MALARIA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; SESQUITERPENES;

EID: 33646942669     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: 13652125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2006.02673.x     Document Type: Review

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