Artemisia annua L. is used throughout Asia and Africa as tea and press juice to treat malaria
and related symptomes (fever, chills). Its active ingredient, artemisinin (ARS), has been …

Artemisinin and its derivatives (collectively termed as artemisinins) are among the most
important and effective antimalarial drugs, with proven safety and efficacy in clinical use …

The mechanism of action of artemisinin and its derivatives, the most potent of the anti-
malarial drugs, is not completely understood. Here we present an unbiased chemical …

Sonodynamic therapy (SDT) is a new treatment method combining low-intensity ultrasound
with sono-sensitizers, which has the advantages of non-invasiveness as well as low side …

Artemisinin and its derivatives represent the most important and influential class of drugs in
the fight against malaria. Since the discovery of artemisinin in the early 1970s, the global …

Combination regimens that include artemisinin derivatives are recommended as first line
antimalarials in most countries where malaria is endemic. However, the mechanism of …

Improvement of quality of life and survival of cancer patients will be greatly enhanced by the
development of highly effective drugs to selectively kill malignant cells. Artemisinin and its …

The artemisinin (ART)-based antimalarials have contributed significantly to reducing global
malaria deaths over the past decade, but we still do not know how they kill parasites. To gain …

The ethnopharmacological approach toward the understanding and appraisal of traditional
and herbal medicines is characterized by the inclusions of the social as well as the natural …

In recent years, a number of natural products isolated from Chinese herbs have been found
to inhibit proliferation, induce apoptosis, suppress angiogenesis, retard metastasis and …