Background: Giardiasis is a one of the most prevalent intestinal parasitic diseases in human, treatment of this disease through medicinal plants is very important since parasite resistance to chemical drugs exists. Thus, in this study, the in vitro anti-giardial activity of chloroformic extract of Tanacetum parthenium and Artemisia annua on cyst and trophozoite of Giardia lamblia were separatel...

Malaria has been treated for over 350 years with quinine and quinine-derived drugs. However, in several areas of the world, some strains of the malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum have developed resistance against these drugs. Recently, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended the use of artemisinin-combination treatments (ACT) as the first-line treatment for multidrug-resistant falc...

This study reports the development and validation of a rapid, sensitive and selective assay for the quantitation of artemisinin, arteannuin B, artemisitene and artemisinic acid in Artemisia annua L. by reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) electrospray (ESI) quadrupole time of flight (Q-TOF) tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS). A recovery of >97% for all analytes was achieve...

Malaria is a global health issue that will continue to spread with the increase in mosquito populations caused by the rise in global temperatures. The most effective drugs currently available for malaria treatment contain the anti-malarial compound, artemisinin, derived from Artemisia annua. To potentially increase efficiency of artemisinin production in A. annua, I investigated the effects of ...

English: Sweet wormwood, Chinese wormwood, Sweet Annie French: Absinthe chinoise, armoise annuelle Chinese: Qinghao (pronounced ching how), Cao hao, Cao Qinghao, Cao Haozi, Chou Qinghao, Haoz, Kuhao, Xianghao, Xiang Qinghao, Xihehao Japanese: Kusoninijin Vietnamese: Than hao, Than cao hoa vang Korean: Chui ho, Hwang-hwa-ho, Gae-tong-sok German: Chinesischer Beifuß Pharmaceutical definitions: He...