Production of Artemisinin In Planta and in Microbial Systems Need Not Be Mutually Exclusive
Artemisia annua L. is an innocuous medicinal plant that is suddenly found at the forefront of global efforts aimed at the eradication of malaria. The plant is also seen as an effective treatment against several other infectious diseases and human cancer c
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Artemisia annua - Pharmacology and Biotechnology
Tariq Aftab Jorge F. S. Ferreira M. Masroor A. Khan M. Naeem •
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Artemisia annua Pharmacology and Biotechnology
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Editors Tariq Aftab Department of Physiology and Cell Biology Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research Gatersleben Germany
M. Masroor A. Khan M. Naeem Botany Department Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh India
Jorge F. S. Ferreira US Salinity Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture Agriculture Research Service Riverside, CA USA
ISBN 978-3-642-41026-0 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-41027-7
ISBN 978-3-642-41027-7
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Contents
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How Techniques of Herbal Drug Preparation Affect the Therapeutic Outcome: Reflections on Qinghao 青蒿 (Herba Artemisiae annuae) in the History of the Chinese Materia Medica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elisabeth Hsu
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Ethnopharmacology of Artemisia annua L.: A Review . . . . . . . . . Alia Sadiq, Muhammad Qasim Hayat and Muhammad Ashraf
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Artemisia annua: A Mirac
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