In a small trial of 19 women with PCOS, the widely used drug artemisinin improved the regularity of their menstrual cycles and lowered their testosterone, which is often too high in people with ...

The discovery of quinine and artemisinin, two natural medicines, fundamentally changed human health, altered the world order, ...

For example, pharmaceutical chemist, Youyou Tu, discovered artemisinin, an antimalarial extract from the plant Artemisia after being inspired by an entry in the sixteenth century tome, Compendium ...

a situation that is increasing in Africa but is especially prevalent in Asia where more than 50% of artemisinin products are fake. New developments such as improved rapid malaria tests and their ...