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Dried-leaf Artemisia annua: A practical malaria therapeutic for developing countries?

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Pamela J Weathers, Melissa Towler, Ahmed Hassanali, Pierre Lutgen and Patrick Ogwang Engeu

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World J Pharmacol. 2014 December 9; 3(4): 39-55

Artemisinin from the plant Artemisia annua (A. annua) L., and used as artemisinin combination therapy (ACT), is the current best therapeutic for treating malaria, a disease that hits children and adults especially in developing countries.

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developing countries

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artemisinin combination therapy (ACT)

Open Access | Pill characterization data streams for reducing exposure to inadequately identified anti-malarial medication in developing countries

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Pennefather P, Ahmad A, Crandall I, Suhanic W

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Malaria Journal 2010, 9:214 (22 July 2010)

A system of this type would allow users to answer several questions. Is this medicine what it is supposed to be? Can it be used to treat locally encountered malaria?

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