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REFERENCE DOCUMENRS:
 Comparative Assessment of Technologies for Extraction of Artemisinin
A summary of report commissioned through Malaria Medicines Ventures (MMV)
Malcolm Cutler, Alexei Lapkin and Pawel K. Plucinski
August 2006 [English]
 Artemisia, Agriculture and Malaria in Africa:
The Interplay of Tradition, Science and Public Policy
A working paper by Dana G. Dalrymple
July 2006 [English]
 The world of Artemisia in 44 questions
The Royal Tropical Institute
Willem Heemskerk, Henk Schallig, Bart de Steenhuijsen Piters
March 2006 [English]
 Meeting on the Production of Artemisinin and ACTs: Second Draft Report
6-7 June 2005, Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania
WHO/RBM
[English]
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Artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) uses a combination of anti-malaria drugs,
one of which is an artemisinin derivative. Artemisinin can be extracted from A. annua. Under the name
"Qinghaosu", it has been used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat fever for over 2000
years.