Artemisinin

Factory Location: Zhangjiagang city, Jiangsu China.

Main Sales Markets: North America,Central/South America,Asia,Africa

Monthly Production Capacity: 10000kg

Packaging Information: 25kg/drum

Sample Provided: no

Payment Terms: T/T

Artemisinin and its semisynthetic derivatives are a group of drugs used against malaria due to Plasmodium falciparum. It was discovered in 1972 by Tu Youyou, who was co-recipient of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Medicine for her discovery. Treatments containing an artemisinin derivative are now standard treatment worldwide for P. falciparum malaria. Artemisinin is isolated from the plant Artemisia annua, sweet wormwood, a herb employed in Chinese traditional medicine. A precursor compound can be produced using a genetically-engineered yeast, which is much more efficient than using the plant.