Terpenoid compound in leaves of Artemisia annua L. in Vietnam
- Author:
Dien Gia Phan
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Traditional medicine
- MeSH:
Terpenes;
chemistry;
Plants, Medicinal;
Medicine, Traditional
- From:Pharmaceutical Journal
1999;282(10):5-7
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
The chemical composition of the leaves of Artemisia annua L. has been investigated Besides artemisinine, an antimalarial compound - six other terpenes such as amyrinacetate, artemisinic acid, a-amyrine, b-sitosterol, stigmasterol and arteanuine have been found. Their structures were identified by spectroscopic methods
