Chemical ARTEMISININ

List of chemical activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)

Activity Sort descending	Dosage	Reference
Antimalarial	ED50=90 mg/kg orl mus	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antimalarial	ED95=1,000 mg/man/day	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antimalarial	IC50=1.4 nM or 0.0014 uM (ED95=1,000 mg/man/day)	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral	not available	Abid Ali Khan, M.M., Jain, D.C., Bhakuni, R.S., Zaim, M., and Thakur, R.S. 1991. Occurrence of some antiviral sterols in Artemisia annua. Plant Science, 75: 161-165, 1991.
Calcium-Antagonist	IC50=190 uM gpg	Duke, 1992 *
Cytotoxic	IC50=30 uM	Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide	IC50=33 uM	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Immunomodulator	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MDR-Inhibitor	IC50=2 uM	Duke, 1992 *
Neurotoxic	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Plasmodicide	IC50=1.4 nM	Duke, 1992 *
Schizonticide	MIC=0.1 uM	Duke, 1992 *
Teratogenic	not available	Martindale's 29th