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artemisinins

artemisinins is the plural of artemisinin.

Meaning of artemisinin

Noun

artemisinin (countable and uncountable, plural artemisinins)

  1. An antimalarial drug derived from the sweet wormwood shrub, Artemisia annua, found as the active ingredient in traditional Chinese medical herbal treatment for malaria, chemically a sesquiterpene lactone - C₁₅H₂₂O₅.
    • Artemisinin (Qinghaosu) isolated from Artemisia annua is a novel sesquiterpene lactone bearing an unusual endoperoxide function.1994 May, Mankil Jung, “Current Developments in the Chemistry of Artemisinin and Related Compounds”, in Current Medicinal Chemistry, page 35
    Synonyms:
    qinghaosu

Questions about artemisinins

What is artemisinins the plural of?
Artemisinins is the plural of artemisinin.

Words near artemisinins in the dictionary

  1. artemisinic
  2. artemisinic acid
  3. artemisinin
  4. artemisinine
  5. artemisinines
  6. artemisinins
  7. Artemision
  8. Artemisium
  9. artemisone
  10. Artemius
  11. Artemivsk

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