Artemisinin CAS NO.63968-64-9

Artemisinin 
Botanical Source: Artemisia Annua L.
CAS NO.:63968-64-9
Plant Part Used:Leaf
Appearance: White needle crystal
Specification: 99% Artemisinin HPLC

Description:
Artemisinin is also known as Qinghaosu its derivatives are a group of drugs that possess the most rapid action of all current drugs against Plasmodium falciparum malaria.Treatments containing an artemisinin derivative (artemisinin-combination therapies, ACTs) are now standard treatment worldwide fP. falciparum malaria. The starting compound artemisinin is isolated from the plant Artemisia annua, sweet wormwood, a herb employed in Chinese traditional medicine.
Chemically, artemisinin is a sesquiterpene lactone containing an unusual peroxide bridge. This peroxide is believed to be responsible fthe drug's mechanism of action. Few other natural compounds with such a peroxide bridge are known.

Main Functions:
Antimalarial;
Treat falciparum malaria;
Dangerous malignant anopheles type.
Also can be used to treat systemic lupus erythematosus DLE.
Treat breast tumor.
Antibacterial, Artemisinin has anti-influenza virus effect.
Anti-parasite, Artemisinin play the role of anti-schistosomiasis leptospirosis.

Application:
Pharmaceutical field ( anti-malarial agents);
Health products &Cosmetic
Applied in the food field, it has become a new raw material which used in food beverage industry;