Product name:Artemisia annua
CAS: 63968-64-9
Molecular Formula: C15H22O5
Molecular Weight: 282.33
Product description:Artemisinins act via mechanisms that are distinct from other antimalarial classes, including those that inhibit well de?ned targets such as enzymes of folate biosynthesis, the DOXP reductase pathway or the cytochrome electron transport system. The peroxide within the 1,2,4-trioxane system of artemisinins is essential for antimalarial activity.
Though its precise modes of action are still being elucidated, artemisinin is thought to act by a two-step mechansim.