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SHEET /m/artemisinin · PubChem CID 68827 · CAS 63968-64-9 · REV 2026.07

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Artemisinin

from source

C15H22O5 · 282.33 g/mol

Arteannuin · Huanghuahaosu · qing hao su · Qinghaosu

What is Artemisinin?

The compound in sweet wormwood that Tu Youyou isolated in the 1970s, work that won a 2015 Nobel Prize. Its derivatives artemether and artesunate treat malaria. from source

CategoryPlant
Chemical familyEstersEthers
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Fig. 1 · 2D structure RDKit

SMILESC[C@@H]1CC[C@H]2[C@H](C(=O)O[C@H]3[C@@]24[C@H]1CC[C@](O3)(OO4)C)C

Toxicity & hazards

DangerFlammableEnvironmentalH242, H400, H410from source

Sources & methodology

PubChem CID
68827
Wikidata
Q426921
Structure
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