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qinghaosu, n. Med. and Pharm.|tʃiŋhaʊˈsuː|
[a. Chinese qīnghāosù, f. qinghao the name of the plant Artemisia annua.]
A naturally-occurring sesquiterpenoid compound, extracted from the Chinese plant Artemisia annua, which has been used to treat malaria; = *artemisinin n.
1977Chem. Abstr. LXXXVII. 98788g The new sesquiterpene lactone Qing Hau Sau [sic]..was isolated from Artemisia annua. 1979Chinese Med. Jrnl. XCII. 811/1 An effective antimalaria constituent was extracted from a traditional Chinese medicinal herb—Qinghao..in 1972. It was named Qinghaosu. 1989Sci. Amer. June 91/1 From the first to the 18th century, Chinese scholars extolled the virtues of the qing-hao plant (Artemisia annua) in the treatment of malaria. The efficacy of decoctions of this species was reconfirmed in 1971, and the active principle was identified the next year: it is an unusual sesquiterpene lactone peroxide named qinghaosu. |