The discovery of Qinghaosu (artemisinin) as an effective anti-malaria drug: A unique China story

Sci China Life Sci. 2016 Jan;59(1):81-8. doi: 10.1007/s11427-015-4988-z. Epub 2015 Dec 14.

Author

Affiliation

¹ Center of History and Philosophy of Science, School of Life Sciences, Center for Protein Science, State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China. changzy@pku.edu.cn.

PMID: 26668019
DOI: 10.1007/s11427-015-4988-z

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Publication types

Historical Article
News

MeSH terms

Animals
Antimalarials / chemistry
Antimalarials / history
Antimalarials / pharmacology*
Artemisinins / chemistry
Artemisinins / history
Artemisinins / pharmacology*
China
Drug Discovery / history
History, 20th Century
History, 21st Century
Humans
Malaria / drug therapy
Malaria / history
Malaria / parasitology
Medicine, Chinese Traditional / history
Plasmodium / drug effects
Plasmodium / growth & development
Plasmodium / pathogenicity

Substances

Antimalarials
Artemisinins
artemisinin