Sentences with phrase «as sweet wormwood»
Artemisinin and several derivatives are derived from qinghao, also known as sweet wormwood or Artemisia annua, a plant long known for its fever - reducing abilities.
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Artemisinin is produced in low yields by a herb called Artemisia annua (A. annua), otherwise known as sweet wormwood.
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«It is derived from a Chinese plant — sweet wormwood (Artemisia annua)-- and based on Chinese use of that plant as a drug,» he says.
Artemisinin, also known as Qinghaosu and sweet wormwood, has been used by herbalists in China for over 2000 years.
The active ingredient that makes sweet wormwood (known as sweet annie, sweet sagewort, annual mugwort or annual wormwood in North American) such a cancer - healer is artemisinin.