Planta Med 1996; 62(3): 280-281
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-957880
Letter

© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Isolation of a High Artemisinic Acid Containing Plant of Artemisia annua*

Madan Mohan Gupta, Dharam Chand Jain, Ajay Kumar Mathur, Anil Kumar Singh, Ram Kishor Verma, Sushil Kumar
  • Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, CIMAP P.O. CIMAP, Lucknow 226 015, India
* CIMAP Contribution No. 95-43 J
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1995

1996

Publication Date:
04 January 2007 (online)

Abstract

A plant of Artemisia annua containing high amounts of artemisinic acid (0.8%) was isolated. The combined concentration of the sesquiterpene artemisinin, and its intermediates artemisinic acid and artemisinin-B in this plant was 1.35%. The plant has been cloned by micropropagation in tissue culture.

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