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Author:   Youyou Tu (Professor, China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Imprint:   Academic Press Inc
Weight:   1.200kg
ISBN:  

9780128116555

ISBN 10:   0128116552
Pages:   468
Publication Date:   11 July 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Part I: Artemisia annua L.1. Traditional Chinese medicine’s view on Artemisia annua L. and its anti-malarial activity2. Analysis of Artemisia annua L. and other commercial artemisia species3. Anti-malarial studies of Artemisia annua L.4. Advances in chemical components studies in Artemisia annua L. (update)5. Analysis and quality control of Artemisia annua L. 6. Pharmacological activities of Artemisia annua L. beyond antimalarial7. Metabolic engineering studies of Artemisia annua L.(update)8. Cultivation and breeding of Artemisia annua L. (update) Part II: Artemisinin1. Introduction of artemisinin2. Chemical structure and properties of artemisinin3. Quantitative analysis of artemisinin (update)4. Extraction of artemisinin from Artemisia annua L.5. Synthesis of artemisinin6. Pharmacological activities of artemisinin7. Toxicological studies of artemisinin8. Clinical studies of artemisinin Part III: Dihydroartemisinin1. Introduction of dihydroartemisinin2. Preparation and structural identification of dihydroartemisinin3. Quantitative analysis and quality standards of dihydroartemisinin4. Pharmacological activities of dihydroartemisinin5. Toxicological studies of dihydroartemisinin6. Clinical studies of dihydroartemisinin Part IV: Other artemisinin derivatives1. Other artemisinin derivatives2. Advances in anti-malarial activity of artemisinins3. Advances in artemisinin derivatives and structurally related compounds4. Advances in pharmacological activities of artemisinin derivatives beyond anti-malarial

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Tu Youyou (屠呦呦, born 30 December 1930) is a Chinese pharmaceutical chemist and educator. She is best known for discovering artemisinin (also known as Qinghaosu) and dihydroartemisinin, used to treatmalaria, which saved millions of lives. Her discovery of artemisinin and its treatment of malaria is regarded as a significant breakthrough of tropical medicine in the 20th century and health improvement for people of tropical developing countries in South Asia, Africa, and South America. For her work, Tu received the 2011 Lasker Award in clinical medicine and the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly with William C. Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura. Tu is the first Chinese Nobel laureate in physiology or medicine and the first citizen of the People's Republic of China to receive the Nobel Prize in natural sciences, as well as the first Chinese person to receive the Lasker Award. She was born and educated and carried out research exclusively in China

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