Recent advances to enhance yield of artemisinin: A novel antimalarial compound, in Artemisia annua L. plants

Artemisia Annua - Pharmacology and Biotechnology

Volumn 9783642410277, Issue , 2014, Pages 173-204

  Ram, Mauji ^a   Jain, D C ^a   Mishra, Himanshu ^a   Mandal, Shantanu ^b   Abdin, M Z ^c  

^a Ipca Laboratories Ltd   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^c HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-41027-7_11     Document Type: Chapter

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