| Issue |
Parasite
Volume 18, Number 3, August 2011
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| Page(s) | 215 - 218 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2011183215 | |
| Published online | 15 August 2011 | |
Review
From bark to weed: The history of artemisinin
De l’écorce à l’herbe : Histoire de l’artémisinine
Consultant, East West Pharmaceuticals, 189, rue Grande, 77300 Fontainebleau, France
* Correspondence: Claude Faurant. E-mail: claude.faurant@east-west-pharmaceuticals.com
Received:
13
May
2011
Accepted:
16
May
2011
In the 1970’s, in China, some brilliant and courageous scientists carried out a research programme, which lead to the discovery of artemisinin derivatives and new quinoleines that are used today, in combination, as first line treatment of malaria.
Résumé
Dans les années 1970, de remarquables et courageux scientifiques chinois réalisèrent un programme de recherche qui conduisit à la découverte de dérivés de l’artémisinine et de nouvelles quinoléines qui sont maintenant, en association, des traitements de première ligne du paludisme.
Key words: sweet woodworm / malaria / 523 project / artemisinin / ACT / artemisinin combined therapy / history
Mots clés : armoise / paludisme / projet 523 / artémisinine / traitement combiné / histoire
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