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 ...

Artemisia annua L., also known as sweet wormwood, sweet annie, sweet sagewort and annual wormwood (Chinese: qngho), is a common type of wormwood that is native to temperate Asia, but naturalized throughout the world, and that belongs to the family of the Asteraceae. Currently, Artemisia annua is the source for the production of artemisinin and semi-synthetic artemisinin derivatives (including d...

INTRODUCTION Artemisia annua plant from the family Asteracea is a powerful antimalarial plant introduced to Uganda around 2003. In addition to the artemisinin component, the plant also contains flavonoids which work in synergy to artemisinin against malaria parasites. The plant also contains aromatic oils which repel mosquitoes. In this paper we report the variations in antimalarial components ...

Maciej Wódkiewicz* The soil seed bank and seed germination capacity of Poa annua in the vicinity of the Polish Halina Galera* Antarctic Station (South Shetlands, Antarctica) were investigated. It was documented that Katarzyna J. Chwedorzewska† annual bluegrass can reproduce sexually and produce a functional seed bank of close to Irena Giełwanowska‡ and 5000 seeds/m under maritime Antarctic cond...

Traditional medicines derived from plants play an important role in health care systems all over the world. However, several studies have demonstrated possible fertility disturbs mainly in male and female rats. In this mini review, risks for rat reproduction are briefly described. Correspondence to: Prof. Dr. Romero Brandão-Costa, Department of Morphology and Animal Physiology, Federal Rural Un...

artemisinin extracted from artemisia annua l. is the best medicine with the highest efficiency, the most effective and the lowest toxicity in treating ague nowadays. at present, most studies focus on artemisinin and its derivatives, while the study and report about the other active components are rare. this paper purposed to further discover new indication of artemisia annua l. connecting with ...

BACKGROUND Daodi-herb is a part of Chinese culture, which has been naturally selected by traditional Chinese medicine clinical practice for many years. Sweet wormwood herb is a kind of Daodi-herb, and comes from Artemisia annua L. Artemisinin is a kind of effective antimalarial drug being extracted from A. annua. Because of artemisinin, Sweet wormwood herb earns a reputation. Based on the Pharm...

Punctodera punctata completed its life cycle on Poa annua (annual bluegrass), P. pratensis (Merion Kentucky bluegrass), Lolium perenne (perennial ryegrass), and Festuca rubra rubra (spreading fescue). Minimum time for completion of a life cycle from second-stage juvenile to mature brown cyst was 40 days at 22-28 C. Inoculation by single juveniles indicated that reproduction was most likely by a...