From bark to weed: The history of artemisinin

Parasite

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 215-218

  Faurant, C ^a  

^a East West Pharmaceuticals   (France)

Author keywords

523 project; ACT; Artemisinin; Artemisinin combined therapy; History; Malaria; Sweet woodworm

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855293514     PISSN: 1252607X     EISSN: 17761042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/parasite/2011183215     Document Type: Review

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