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Artemisia annua - Pharmacology and Biotechnology

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Editors:
  1. Tariq Aftab

    1. Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben, Germany

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  2. Jorge F.S. Ferreira

    1. US Salinity Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture Agriculture Research Service, Riverside, USA

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  3. M. Masroor A. Khan

    1. Botany Department, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India

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  4. M. Naeem

    1. Botany Department, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India

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  • The only book that focuses on the medicinal plant Artemisia annua
  • Highlights the use of artemisinin as an antimalarial drug
  • Written by respected international experts

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. How Techniques of Herbal Drug Preparation Affect the Therapeutic Outcome: Reflections on Qinghao 青蒿 (Herba Artemisiae annuae) in the History of the Chinese Materia Medica

    • Elisabeth Hsu
    Pages 1-7

  3. Ethnopharmacology of Artemisia annua L.: A Review

    • Alia Sadiq, Muhammad Qasim Hayat, Muhammad Ashraf
    Pages 9-25

  4. Artemisia annua: A Miraculous Herb to Cure Malaria

    • M. Naeem, Mohd Idrees, Minu Singh, M. Masroor A. Khan, Moinuddin
    Pages 27-49

  5. Whole Plant Approaches to Therapeutic Use of Artemisia annua L. (Asteraceae)

    • Pamela Weathers, Kirsten Reed, Ahmed Hassanali, Pierre Lutgen, Patrick Ogwang Engeu
    Pages 51-74

  6. Pharmacological Potentials of Artemisinin and Related Sesquiterpene Lactones: Recent Advances and Trends

    • María José Abad Martínez, Luis Miguel Bedoya del Olmo, Luis Apaza Ticona, Paulina Bermejo Benito
    Pages 75-93

  7. Taxonomic Implications of Artemisia annua L.

    • Sadia Malik, Muhammad Qasim Hayat, Muhammad Ashraf
    Pages 95-112

  8. Trichomes in Artemisia annua: Initiation, Development, Maturation and the Possibilities to Influence these Factors

    • Anders Kjaer, Kai Grevsen, Martin Jensen
    Pages 113-123

  9. Potential Methods to Improve the Efficiency of Artemisinin Extraction from Artemisia annua

    • Rhianna Briars, Larysa Paniwnyk
    Pages 125-137

  10. Extraction, Purification, and Quantification of Artemisinin and its Analogs from Artemisia annua L.

    • Shuoqian Liu, Na Tian, Zhonghua Liu
    Pages 139-155

  11. Effect of Mineral Nutrition, Growth Regulators and Environmental Stresses on Biomass Production and Artemisinin Concentration of Artemisia annua L.

    • Tariq Aftab, M. Masroor A. Khan, J. F. S. Ferreira
    Pages 157-172

  12. Recent Advances to Enhance Yield of Artemisinin: A Novel Antimalarial Compound, in Artemisia annua L. Plants

    • Mauji Ram, D. C. Jain, Himanshu Mishra, Shantanu Mandal, M. Z. Abdin
    Pages 173-204

  13. Artemisinin in Cancer Therapy

    • Bianca Ivanescu, Andreia Corciova
    Pages 205-227

  14. Recent Developments in Controlling Insect, Acari, Nematode, and Plant Pathogens of Agricultural and Medical Importance by Artemisia annua L. (Asteraceae)

    • Jalal Jalali Sendi, Roya Khosravi
    Pages 229-247

  15. Reverse Pharmacology and Drug Discovery: Artemisia annua and Its Anti-HIV Activity

    • Frank van der Kooy
    Pages 249-267

  16. Production of Artemisinin In Planta and in Microbial Systems Need Not Be Mutually Exclusive

    • Ebiamadon Andi Brisibe, Peter Nkachukwu Chukwurah
    Pages 269-292
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About this book

Artemisinin, a sesquiterpene lactone originally extracted from the medicinal plant Artemisia annua L., is an effective antimalarial agent, particularly for multi-drug resistant and cerebral malaria. However, the concentration of artemisinin in the plant is very low. Because the chemical synthesis of artemisinin is complicated and not economically feasible in view of the poor yield of the drug, the intact plant remains the only viable source of artemisinin production. Therefore, it is necessary to increase the concentration of artemisinin in A. annua to reduce the cost of artemisinin based antimalarial drugs. Plant scientists have focused their efforts on A. annua for a higher artemisinin crop yield. With the present volume, we are bringing together the research which is being done on this plant throughout the world and future possibilities for scientists and researchers who want to work on it.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben, Germany

    Tariq Aftab

  • US Salinity Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture Agriculture Research Service, Riverside, USA

    Jorge F.S. Ferreira

  • Botany Department, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India

    M. Masroor A. Khan, M. Naeem

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Artemisia annua - Pharmacology and Biotechnology

  • Editors: Tariq Aftab, Jorge F.S. Ferreira, M. Masroor A. Khan, M. Naeem

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41027-7

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-41026-0Published: 11 December 2013

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-52451-0Published: 27 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-41027-7Published: 26 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VI, 292

  • Number of Illustrations: 29 b/w illustrations, 21 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Plant Breeding/Biotechnology, Pharmacology/Toxicology, Plant Biochemistry

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