title: An over four millennium story behind qinghaosu (artemisinin)--a fantastic antimalarial drug from a traditional chinese herb.
abstract: This article reviews the discovery and the further studies on qinghaosu and its derivatives or analogs over the last decades in the fields of medicinal chemistry and some pharmacology research, with an emphasis on the progress achieved in China.
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Institute of Material Medica, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yu-Lin
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D000962:Antimalarials / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D037621:Artemisinins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007783:Lactones / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012717:Sesquiterpenes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D000962:Antimalarials; D037621:Artemisinins; D007783:Lactones; D012717:Sesquiterpenes; C075875:artemisin