Nobel Prize for artemisinin brings phytotherapy into the spotlight

Phytomedicine

Volumn 22, Issue 13, 2015, Pages A1-A3

  Efferth, Thomas ^a   Zacchino, Susana ^a   Georgiev, Milen I ^a   Liu, Liang ^a   Wagner, Hildebert ^a   Panossian References, Alexander ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER; ARTEMISININ; ARTESUNATE; AVERMECTIN; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; IVERMECTIN;

ARTEMISIA ANNUA; AWARDS AND PRIZES; CHINESE MEDICINE; EDITORIAL; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ARTEMISIA; CHEMISTRY; HISTORY; STREPTOMYCES; SWEDEN;

ANTHELMINTICS; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISININS; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; IVERMECTIN; NOBEL PRIZE; PHYTOTHERAPY; STREPTOMYCES; SWEDEN;

EID: 84947808025     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: 1618095X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2015.10.003     Document Type: Editorial

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