artemisinin

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  An antimalarial drug derived from the sweet wormwood shrub,, found as the active ingredient in traditional Chinese medical herbal treatment for malaria, chemically a sesquiterpene lactone - C$15$H$22$O$5$.

Usage notes

 * Not to be confused with artemisin.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 黃花蒿素
 * Kazakh: артемизинин
 * Portuguese: artemisinina
 * Spanish: artemisina