Artemisinin

Latin name: Artemisia annua L.
Active ingredients: artemisinin 
Specifications: 99% artemisinin
Solubility: Soluble in ethanol
Plant used: natural wormwood dried leaf
CAS: 63968-64-9

Brief description:
Artemisinin was originally developed in 1972 in China (Chinese Institute of material medicine) from the plant Artemisia annua L (sweet wormwood), a sesquiterpene lactone (emperical formula C15 H22 O5. Artemisinin is the active ingredient in qinghao, a Chinese herbal tea that have been used for 150 years to treat malaria and haemorrhoids. It grows in the wild in China and now has been found to grow in other parts of the world too, though the species may vary a bit. Locally, it is prepared as an infusion of the dried leaves.

Functions:

A. Anti-malaria

B. Anti-schistosomiasis

C. Anti pathogenicity microorganism

D. To tranquilize and ease pain

E. Effect on cardiovascular disease

F. To mitigate asthma

G. Anti-cancer