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	Artemisia annua L.: A Promising Aromatic and Medicinal
		annua are similarly distributed, with 36% of the total from the upper third of the foliage, 47% from the middle third, and 17% from the lower third, with only trace amounts in the main stem side shoots, and roots.
		annua to plant spacing and nitrogen fertilization was evaluated in 1985 and 1986 with three populations established from transplants: high density, 30 cm x 30 cm (111,111 plants/ha); intermediate density, 30 cm x 60 cm (55,555 plants/ha); and low density, 60 cm x 60 cm (27,778 plants/ha).
		Glandular trichomes and sesquiterpene lactones of Artemisia nova (Asteraceae).
	www.hort.purdue.edu /newcrop/proceedings1990/V1-522.html (2010 words)

	Artemisia spp.
		Artemisia pollen allergen extract Injection therapy were administered in patients with hay fever and immunological study with the Human Basophil Degranulation Test showed a significant decrease in degranulation reactions after immunotherapy.
		Artemisia douglasiana pretreatment decreased in-vivo chemiluminescence by 41%, in-vitro chemiluminescence by 66%and SOD by 56% and increased catalase by 14% and total antioxidant capacity by 168% in ethanol-treated rats.
		Dihydro-epideoxyarteannuin B and deoxyartemisinin which are isolated from the sequiterpene lactone-enriched fraction of crude ethanolic extract of Artemisia annua L decreased the ulcerative lesion index produced by ethanol and indomethacin in rats.
	www.herbmed.org /Herbs/Herb81.htm (6157 words)

	Artemisia annua - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Artemisia annua, also known as Sweet Wormwood, Sweet Annie, or Chinese wormwood (Chinese: 青蒿; pinyin: qīnghāo), is a common type of wormwood that grows throughout the world.
		Malaria is caused by the Apicomplexan, Plasmodium falciparum, which largely resides in red blood cells where there is plenty of iron and cancer cells tend to have higher iron concentrations than normal cells associated with their rapid growth rate.
		Mention of the plant, sweet wormwood-or Artemisia annua L. was found in a Chinese medicine book written on silk, unearthed from a tomb of the West Han Dynasty, which began around 200.B.C Chinese military scientists developed the drug from the plant in the 1970s to treat Chinese soldiers suffering from malaria in Vietnam.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Artemisia_annua (626 words)

	Distribution of Artemisinin in Artemisia annua
		Artemisia (Artemisia annua L., Asteraceae), known in the United States as sweet Annie or annual wormwood, is an annual herb native to Asia, most probably China, where it is known as qinghao.
		Artemisia annua, a vigorous weedy annual (Hall and Clements 1923), is a short day plant with a critical photoperiod of 13.5 hr (Ferreira et al.
		annua and reported that neither artemisinin or artemisitene were detected from a glandless biotype and that virtually all artemisinin could be extracted by a 5-sec leaf dip in chloroform, without visible damage to other leaf epidermal cells, from the biotype with glands.
	www.hort.purdue.edu /newcrop/proceedings1996/v3-578.html (2351 words)

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		The purification and characterization of an enzyme involved in biochemical transformation of arteannuin B to artemisinin from Artemisia annua is described.
		Artemisia annua cDNA library target sequences were amplified by PCR using primers derived from a consensus sequence of angiosperm terpene synthases.
		Artemisia tridentata, a plant possess methyl jasmonate in leaf surface, is incubated in chambers with tomato plants, where proteinase inhibitor accumulation is induced in the tomato leaves, demonstrating interplant communication can occur to activate the expression of defensive genes.
	www.herbmed.org /viewherb.asp?varHerb_ID=81 (6150 words)

	Artemisia - Herbal Index - herbindex.net
		Artemisia species are used as food plants by the larvae of a number of Lepidoptera species.
		Artemisia absinthium (Absinth Wormwood) was used to repel fleas and moths, and in brewing (wormwood beer, wormwood wine).
		Artemisia species are commonly used in medicine, and their bitter taste is associated with medicinal effects, has caused wormwood to be seen as a symbol for a "bitter truth" that must be accepted by a deluded (often self-deluded) person.
	www.herbindex.net /artemisia.html (638 words)

	A-3 Artemisia Annua Anamed
		Artemisia annua anamed is not suitable as a preventive drug, as we still have too little experience of its use in this respect.
		Hybrids of Artemisia annua are already cultivated for commercial export in countries such as Madagascar (7) and Tanzania (8).
		Anamed centres which already use Artemisia annua are asked to keep a strict record of their clinical experience, and to share their results with other groups in the network.
	sextocontinente.org /apoyohumano/a-a-anamedA-3.html (3343 words)

	Artemisia annua - Artemisinin - Malaria - Canmed Botanics gespecialiseerd in fytopreparaten en fytotherapie - ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		There are numerous medicinal Artemisia species used worldwide, several of them having a reputation for dispelling worms, and hence the group is commonly called "wormwoods." Qing-hao is sometimes referred to by the English common name "sweet wormwood" (also known as sweet annie): the aroma is sweet.
		Qing-hao is mainly obtained from Artemisia annua, but this is not the sole source: it is also obtained from A. apiacea, A. scoparia, and other Artemisia species that are collected locally for ching-hao in different parts of China.
		Artemisia ketone is unique to Artemisia species, but most of the other components of this essential oil are also found in magnolia bark and flower bud.
	www.canmedbotanics.nl /art.htm (4458 words)

	Essential oil constituents of Artemisia annua during different growth periods at monsoon conditions of subtropical ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Artemisia annua (Asteraceae) is commonly known as 'sweet wormwood' or 'Qinghao.' The plant is found wild in southeastern Europe and central Asia.
		The plants of A. annua grown during monsoon season were found to be rich in camphor followed by camphene, artemisia alcohol, germacrene D and 1,8-cineole.
		Artemisia ketone, which was reported to be the major constituent of A. annua so far, was found only in negligible quantities.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa4091/is_200307/ai_n9287895 (1085 words)

	Artemisia annua : by Ray Sahelian, M.D., information malaria artemisinin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Artemisia annua by Ray Sahelian, M.D. Artemisinin or Qinghaosu, is the active constituent of the herb Artemesia annua (sweet wormwood).
		In China, Artemisia annua L., is a plant that was traditionally used as an antipyretic.
		The Swiss drugmaker supplies Coartem, whose main ingredient artemisinin is derived from the artemisia annua plant, on a not-for-profit basis to developing countries stricken by chronic malaria.
	www.raysahelian.com /artemisiaannua.html (402 words)

	1dietstore.com - Artemisia Combination
		Artemisia has a long history of use in China, Europe, and the U.S. for its anti-parasitic qualities.
		Artemisia Combination [Intestinal] combines all the herbal components of NSP’s former Elecampane Combination with two species of artemisia—wormwood and mugwort.
		Artemisia is used in China, Europe and the U.S. for its antiparasitic qualities.
	www.onedietstore.com /artemisia.htm (232 words)

	Subchronic administration of aqueous Artemisia annua extract attenuates a1-adrenoceptor agonist-induced contraction of ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Artemisia species, growing in almost all the northern hemisphere, is used in folk medicine of some countries as a remedy for hypertension.
		An alkaloid of Artemisia which was metabolized to small molecules in digestive tract and then could pass through the blood-brain barrier, appeared to be an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor with a blocker of neurotoxicity induced by beta amyloid in human brain causing Alzheimer’s disease [10-11].
		Further studies are to be undertaken to investigate the possible beneficial effect of administration of Artemisia annua extract and its constituents and the related mechanisms for their efficacy.
	ibj.pasteur.ac.ir /ibj26/Baloochnejad.htm (2925 words)

	Artemisia annua: herbal use vs isolated active Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The motivation behind this research is to understand the value of the traditional use of Artemisia annua for the treatment of malaria, because this application could readily be adopted in poor countries such as in Africa where the semi-synthetic drugs are relatively expensive.
		Artemisia annua can be cultivated with relative ease and there are new hybrids than can yield up to 1% artemisinin.
		Interestingly, the pilot trial of the Artemisia annua tea preparation in malaria suggests that there could well be a synergistic advantage in using the tea or the galenical prepared from the whole herb, rather than the isolated compound artemisinin or its derivatives.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0ISW/is_261/ai_n13654022 (758 words)

	artemisia
		Artemisia annua is unlikely to be produced economically by chemical synthesis or by in vitro production, thus A. annua is a potential new antimalarial crop for temperate areas.
		An essential oil known as Artemisia oil or Armoise oil is obtained by steam distillation of the aerial part of Artemisia vulgaris and is used in perfumes and as a flavouring agent.
		Artemisia vulgaris is found in temperate regions of the northern hemisphere.
	www.ienica.net /crops/artemisia.htm (1927 words)

	artemisia
		This Artemisia is a member of the wormwood family and like many of the wormwoods has interesting medicinal properties.
		The Artemisia extracts are not just cheap and safe, it apparently the malaria bugs don't become resistant to the drug, a major drawback of the synthetic drugs currently in use.
		We have contacted the pharmacy which cultivates and manufactures the Artemisia extracts that Dr. Singh and his colleagues are using in their current research.
	www.denvernaturopathic.com /news/artemisia.html (1086 words)

	Ching-Hao and the Artemesias Used in Chinese Medicine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		There are numerous medicinal Artemisia species used worldwide, several of them having a reputation for dispelling worms, and hence the group is commonly called "wormwoods." Ching-hao is sometimes referred to by the English common name "sweet wormwood" (also known as sweet annie): the aroma is sweet.
		Ching-hao is mainly obtained from Artemisia annua, but this is not the sole source: it is also obtained from A.
		The primary fragrant component of Artemisia annua is the monoterpene artemisia ketone (see Figure 2), accompanied mainly by other monoterpenes (see Table 1).
	www.itmonline.org /arts/chinghao.htm (4423 words)

	Genetic Resources Unit
		Artemisia annua L., Asteraceae, known as sweet Annie or annual wormwood, is an annual herb native to Asia, most probably China.
		annua, and is a candidate as a natural herbicide.
		Artemisia annua is a vigorous annual weedy short day plant with a critical photoperiod of 13.5 hr.
	www.worldagroforestry.org /units/gru/artemisia_annua.asp (211 words)

	CNAP - Centre for Novel Agricultural Products - Artemisia Project
		Artemisia annua L. annua) is an annual aromatic herb originating from Asia.
		The 184 species of the Artemisi a genus are members of the family Asteraceae, (formerly known as Compositae), and include a range of plants that have been used in medicine, perfumes and flavourings such as French tarragon, absinthe, southernwood and mugwort.
		A. annua forms part of the natural steppe vegetation in China and extends as a native species from Southern Siberia through to Vietnam and Northern India.
	www.york.ac.uk /org/cnap/artemisiaproject/fact_sheets_aa.htm (537 words)

	Artemisia Annua - Shopping.com
		Artemisia Annua (Sweet Annie) Extract - 1 oz.
		We prepare this extract from the leaf and flowering tops of Artemisia annua plants which are...
		This formula combines pure artemisinin, the active constituent of the herb Artemisia annua, and artemisia leaf oil derived from the same plant.
	www.shopping.com /xGS-Artemisia_Annua (489 words)

	PLANTS Profile for Artemisia annua (sweet sagewort) \| USDA PLANTS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Artemisia annua L. Click on a thumbnail to view an image, or see all the Artemisia thumbnails at the PLANTS Gallery
		Artemisia annua L. Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.
		Artemisia annua L. This plant is introduced to the United States from another country or countries.
	plants.usda.gov /java/profile?symbol=ARAN3 (286 words)

	BioCare Artemisia Plus
		Artemisia Plus is not suitable for use during pregnancy or if pregnancy is being planned.
		Artemisia Complex provides a blend of herbs to help support the balance of the gastrointestinal flora.
		Artemisia Complex is a combination of herbs designed to support the natural balance of bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract
	www.ventris.org.uk /health_supplements_biocare_artemisia_b18290.htm (793 words)

	Artemesia annua and it's derivatives
		Artemether, Artesunin, Artemesinin are derivatives or extractions of Artemesia annua.
		Artemesia Annua (quing hao, ching hao, jing hao, quinghaosu (extract-artemisinin)) is different from other members of the Artemesia family as it seems to have nuero-toxins at extremely low levels.
		Qinghaosu, derived from cultivated Artemesia annua, is available as the parent compound artemesinin (oral, parenteral, and suppository formulations) and as three semi-synthetic derivatives: a water-soluble hemisuccinate salt (artesunate) for parenteral or oral administration; and two oil-soluble compounds (artemether and arteether) for intramuscular injection.
	home.pon.net /caat/lyme/artemisia.html (2854 words)

	TechnoServe
		As a result, the area of land being cultivated for Artemisia in northern Tanzania is increasing rapidly (from zero to more than 600 acres in just the first year of TechnoServe’s involvement).
		In 2005, 132 metric tons of Artemisia leaves were harvested in this area, enough to produce the active ingredient for 1.1 million ACT treatments.
		In East Africa overall, 500 metric tons of Artemisia leaves were harvested, enough to produce the active ingredient for 4.5 million ACT treatments.
	www.technoserve.org /africa/tanzan-other.html (1200 words)

	Artemisia (plant) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Artemisia is a large, diverse genus of plants with between 200-400 species belonging to the daisy family Asteraceae.
		The beliefs surrounding this genus are founded upon the strong association between the herbs of the genus Artemisia and the moon goddess Artemis, who is believed to hold these powers.
		In Russian culture, the fact that Artemisia species are commonly used in medicine, and their bitter taste is associated with medicinal effects, has caused wormwood to be seen as a symbol for a "bitter truth" that must be accepted by a deluded (often self-deluded) person.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Artemisia_(plant) (888 words)

	Developments 05-5: Artemisia in Africa
		Studies in China in the 1970s led to the isolation and characterisation of artemisinin as the principal anti-malarial compound, and drug companies now extract and purify the compound in manufacturing the medicine in tablet form.
		annua, leading to a selection of appropriate varieties or hybrids based on the optimum constituents of artemesinin and other key compounds.
		Artemisia is, however, difficult to propagate from its tiny seeds and cuttings prove a more successful means of multiplication.
	www.new-agri.co.uk /05-5/develop/dev04.html (712 words)

	CNAP - Centre for Novel Agricultural Products - Artemisia Project
		The aim of the project is to create a sustainable supply of artemisinin through development of high yield varieties of Artemisia annua (A.
		Although other sources of artemisinin are being developed, the medicinal plant Artemisia annua is currently the sole source of artemisinin and will continue to be essential to supply artemisinin for the foreseeable future.
		annua are developed in approximately four years time, they will be field trialled in Africa, Asia and South America as well as Europe to ensure that they are suitable for cultivation in areas of the world where malaria is endemic.
	www.york.ac.uk /org/cnap/artemisiaproject/fact_sheets_cnapaap.htm (688 words)

	TechnoServe
		During his visit to Sambasha Village near Arusha, Bono saw Artemisia (Artemisia annua) plants in nurseries and under cultivation.
		Ninety percent of all malaria-related deaths occur in Sub-Saharan Africa, where the disease kills about a million people annually, the majority of them children, despite the fact that the disease is both preventable and treatable.
		ABE is also building a multi-million-dollar processing plant in Kenya to produce artemisinin for the global market, including for sale to an international pharmaceutical company that ensures a guaranteed market.
	www.technoserve.org /news/BonoVisitsArtemisia.htm (893 words)

	Artemesia annua - Artemesinin - Cancer, Malaria, and Parasites
		The press release on the wormwood and its cancer fighting potential generated a lot of interest in the herb described in the ancient Chinese manuscript and used in the study.
		We are certain that the herb used by the researchers was Qing Hao, correctly identified as Artemisia annua, an herb that is widely used in the tropics for both prevention and treatment of malaria.
		When I was in Germany, I had the opportunity to try various parasites protocols, including many based on Artemisia annua, and I think the learning curve is flatter now.
	www.cancersalves.com /products/artemisia.html (1164 words)

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