Artemisia
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La Maison de l’Artemisia es una asociación humanitaria francesa para la lucha contra el paludismo a través de la Artemisia annua y afra, destinada a las poblaciones más vulnerables del Sur. Estas dos plantas se han utilizado en la medicina tradicional durante siglos en China y en África oriental,...
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Edible Portion:Leaves - Flavouring A large annual herb. The stems are upright and often red. It can grow 1.6 m tall. The leaves are finely divided with leafletsalong the stalk and teeth along the edge. The flowers are small and yellow and are in
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In tropical countries malaria kills more than a million people every year. The majority are children. That means, a person dies of malaria somewhere in the world at least every 30 seconds. Great advances have been made in pharmaceutical technology, but still many of the poorest people in the...
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20/12/2012 In tropical countries malaria kills more than a million people every year. The majority are children. That means, a person dies of malaria somewhere in the world at least every 30 seconds. Great advances have been made in pharmaceutical technology, but still many of the poorest people in the...
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Abstract, Malaria Journal, 2019 Optimal adoption of the malaria transmission-blocking strategy is currently limited by lack of safe and efficacious drugs. This has sparked the exploration of different sources of drugs in search of transmission-blocking agents. While plant species have been...
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1/4/2009 In EDN 95, ECHO discussed how to grow and use leaves of artemisia as part of malaria treatment by those who have no access to commercial drugs. East African farmers have now become key suppliers of artemisia leaves for the pharmaceutical industry. According to the New York Times, “The parasite...