Artemisinin

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  • noun. A drug, C15H22O5, derived from a species of artemisia (Artemisia annua) or produced synthetically and used to treat malaria that is resistant to conventional drug therapy.
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  • noun. an anti-malarial drug derived from the wormwood shrub, found as the active ingredient in traditional Chinese medical herbal treatment for malaria, chemically a sesquiterpene lactone
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    "Experts say it may only be a matter of time before the highly adaptable malaria parasite evolves to outsmart the compound artemisinin, which is currently the best – and last – line of defence against the disease."
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