/ˌɑːtᵻˈmiːzɪniːn/, /ˌɑːtᵻˈmɪzɪniːn/, U.S. /ˌɑrdəˈmizɪnin/. artemisininn.
/ˌɑːtᵻˈmiːzɪnɪn/, /ˌɑːtᵻˈmɪzɪnɪn/, U.S. /ˌɑrdəˈmizɪnɪn//ˌɑːtᵻˈmiːzɪniːn/, /ˌɑːtᵻˈmɪzɪniːn/, U.S. /ˌɑrdəˈmizɪnin/. Medicine and Pharmacology.
A sesquiterpene lactone with an internal peroxide linkage isolated from the plant Artemisia annua and used in the treatment of malaria; = qinghaosu n. Also: any of a group of synthetic compounds derived from this.
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Angostura bark1789
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cinchona1800
cinchona-bark1811
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artemisinin1979
1979 Chem. Abstr. 17 Dec. 684/1 Dihydroartemisinine ethers, esters, and carbonates..were prepared by reduction of artemisinine..and subsequent etherification or esterification.
1980 Trop. Dis. Bull. 77 556 The active principle of qinghao, known as qinghaosu, is an endoperoxide of a sesquiterpene lactone... This compound (which is also known as artemisinine, or arteannuin) has an entirely novel structure totally unlike that of any other known antimalarial.
1985 Science 31 May 1049/3 Because the material is a terpene, rather than an alkaloid or amine, which the ‘ine’ suffix suggests, the name ‘artemisinin’..is preferred by Chemical Abstracts.
2007 Independent (Nexis) 13 Apr. There is now just one family of drugs left that malaria has not built up resistance to, Artemisinins—which are also being faked.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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