Successful Research on Cancer & Artemisia annua

This book is based on the review and discussion of more than 200 scientific research papers published in prestigious research journals around the globe, which correlate the effects of the Artemisia annua with the solution to cancer problems.Among the components of this important potential medicinal plant, a relevant number of researchers have found significant sources of artemisinin, flavonoids, terpenes, phenolic acids, polysaccharides, saponins, coumarin and other molecules, which have successfully proven to be highly anti-cancerigenous agents in scientific studies. These findings have suggested that Artemisia annua has the potential to be useful in a future pharmaceutical use, given de opportunity. Other constituents of Artemisia annua include deoxyartemisinin, artemisinic acid, arteannuin-B, stigmasterol, friedelin, friedelan-3 beta-ol, artemetin, and quercetagetin 6,7,3′,4′-tetramethyl ether. The essential oil of Artemisia annua aerial parts contains camphor, germacrene D, trans-pinocarveol, beta-selinene, beta-caryophyllene, and artemisia ketone.