Ancient Chinese anti-fever cure becomes panacea for malaria

Bull World Health Organ. 2009 Oct;87(10):743-4. doi: 10.2471/blt.09.051009.

Abstract

In April this year, Zhou Yiqing and his team won the 2009 European Inventors of the Year award (in the non-European countries category) for developing the first artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) for malaria, known as Coartem. He talks to reporter Cui Weiyuan about this achievement.

Publication types

  • Historical Article
  • News

MeSH terms

  • Antimalarials / therapeutic use*
  • Antipyretics / therapeutic use*
  • Artemisia*
  • China / epidemiology
  • Fever / drug therapy
  • Fever / etiology
  • Fever / prevention & control*
  • History, Ancient
  • Humans
  • Malaria / complications
  • Malaria / drug therapy*
  • Malaria / epidemiology
  • Medicine, Chinese Traditional*
  • Phytotherapy*
  • Plant Preparations / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Antimalarials
  • Antipyretics
  • Plant Preparations