A rapid method for the quantification of artemisinin in Artemisia annua L. plants cultivated for the first time in Burundi.
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.
Reale
Samantha
S
Department of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Material, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy. samantha.reale@gmail.com
Pace
Loretta
L
Monti
Paolo
P
De Angelis
Francesco
F
Marcozzi
Giordana
G
D000383:Agriculture; D000962:Antimalarials / Q000032:analysis; D031172:Artemisia annua / Q000737:chemistry*; D037621:Artemisinins / Q000032:analysis*; D002063:Burundi; D015394:Molecular Structure
D000962:Antimalarials; D037621:Artemisinins; C031327:artemisinin