Artemisinin (IMAGE)

University of Washington

Artemisinin

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Annual wormwood, Artemisia annua L., yields the important antimalarial drug artemisinin. Researchers at the UW are exploring its ability to treat cancer.

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Scott Bauer, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org

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