上浒充通大睾 Shanghai Jiao Tong University Artemisinin (青蒿素) The weed Artemisia annua used for many centuries in Chinese herbal medicine as a treatment for fever and malaria. 1971,Chinese chemists isolated from the leafy portions of the plant the substance responsible for its reputed medicinal action. Artemisinin (qinghaosu,arteannuin),determined by X- ray crystallography to be a sesquiterpene e lactone bearing an endoperoxideShanghai Jiao Tong University Artemisinin (青蒿素) The weed Artemisia annua used for many centuries in Chinese herbal medicine as a treatment for fever and malaria. 1971, Chinese chemists isolated from the leafy portions of the plant the substance responsible for its reputed medicinal action. Artemisinin (qinghaosu, arteannuin), determined by X￾ray crystallography to be a sesquiterpene lactone bearing an endoperoxide