title: A rapid method for the quantification of artemisinin in Artemisia annua L. plants cultivated for the first time in Burundi.
abstract: We describe a simple, rapid combined method for extracting the antimalarial compound artemisinin from the leaves of Artemisia annua L. cultivated for the first time in Burundi, and quantitating the active principle by high-performance liquid chromatography-electrospray mass spectrometry.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Material, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy. samantha.reale@gmail.com
authors.forename: Samantha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Reale
authors.forename: Loretta
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pace
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Monti
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: De Angelis
authors.forename: Giordana
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Marcozzi
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D000962:Antimalarials / Q000032:analysis; D031172:Artemisia annua / Q000737:chemistry*; D037621:Artemisinins / Q000032:analysis*; D002063:Burundi; D015394:Molecular Structure
chemical_list: D000962:Antimalarials; D037621:Artemisinins; C031327:artemisinin