Artemisia annua L. belongs to the Asteraceae family, which is indigenous to China. It has valuable pharmacological properties, such as antimalarial, anti-inflammatory, and anticancer properties. However, whether it possesses antiasthma properties is unknown. In the current study, chloroform extract of Artemisia annua L. (CEAA) was prepared, and we found that CEAA completely eliminated acetylcho...

Artemisia annua L., a medicinal herb, produces secondary metabolites with antimicrobial property. In Malaysia due to the tropical hot climate, A. annua could not be planted for production of artemisinin, the main bioactive compound. In this study, the leaves of three in vitro A. annua L. clones were, extracted and two bioactive compounds, artemisinin and a precursor, were isolated by thin layer...

Artemisia species are one of the many traditional medicinal plants of Ethiopia used for the treatment of infectious and non-infectious health problems. In the present study, eight extracts prepared from leaves and aerial parts of four Artemisia species (Artemisia absinthium, A. abyssinica, A. afra, and A. annua) growing in Ethiopia were tested in vitro against bloodstream forms of Trypanosoma b...

Objective: Our objective of this research work was to investigate antimicrobial activity of five species of traditionally used medicinal plants namely Adhatoda vasica, Artemisia annua, Cordia oblique, Croton bonplandianum and Euphorbia milli against different strains of bacteria and fungi which are known to cause various types of infectious diseases. Methods: Organic extracts of these plants le...

Parasitism remains a challenge in the effective and efficient management of ruminant livestock. Among different approaches proposed for better these parasites, present work carried out on farm Faculty Agronomic Sciences (FSA) located Sékou, focused effectiveness annual mugwort powder (Artemisia annua) gastrointestinal nematodes (Nematoda) cattle. The coprological analyses were made at Laborator...

Front Cover/Cover Picture. Artemisia annua L. is an annual herb of Asteraceae family, one the famous traditional Chinese medicines, commonly known as “Qing Hao”. However, in Chongming District Shanghai, it called “Ku Cao” and has been used for women's post-natal rehabilitation a long time. In this study, five new monoterpene glycosides (1–5) two sesquiterpenoid (6 7) were isolated from water ex...