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Open Access | Flavonoids from Artemisia annua L. as Antioxidants and Their Potential Synergism with Artemisinin against Malaria and Cancer

Submitted by Kabogo on July 30, 2010 - 15:17
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Jorge F.S. Ferreira, Devanand L. Luthria, Tomikazu Sasaki, Arne Heyerick
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Molecules 2010, Vol 15 Issue 5, P 3135-3170
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Jorge.Ferreira@ars.usda.gov

Artemisia annua is currently the only commercial source of the sesquiterpene lactone artemisinin.Since artemisinin was discovered as the active component of A. annua in early 1970s, hundreds of papers have focused on the anti-parasitic effects of artemisinin and its semi-synthetic analogs dihydroartemisinin, artemether, arteether, and artesunate.

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