Qinghaosu, the antimalarial of chinese materia medica

Authors

  • Pedro Legua-Leiva Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36393/spmi.v30i2.72

Keywords:

Malaria, artemisinin, qinghaosu

Abstract

Presents the story of how a plant of ancient Chinese medicine, qinghaosu, has provided medical science of an effective antimalarial substance: artemisinin. This is a modern analogy of what happened with quinine from the bark of Cinchona.

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Published

2019-07-12

Issue

Vol. 30 No. 2 (2017)

Section

Nota histórica

How to Cite

Qinghaosu, the antimalarial of chinese materia medica. (2019). Revista De La Sociedad Peruana De Medicina Interna, 30(2), 109-112. https://doi.org/10.36393/spmi.v30i2.72