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Artemisinin a naturally occurring anti-cancer compound

Artemisinin a naturally occurring anti-cancer compound

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Jan 27, 2022
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Artemisinin and its derivatives are all sesquiterpene lactones containing an unusual peroxide bridge and they all derive from the annual sweet wormwood plant Artemisia annua L (also known as sweet wormwood, sweet annie, sweet sagewort, annual mugwort or annual wormwood), and originally they were used as Traditional Chinese Medic…

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