different between artemisia vs artemisinin

English

Etymology

From Latin artemisia, from Ancient Greek ????????? (artemisía), from ??????? (Ártemis, “Artemis, the goddess”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??t??m?z??/

Noun

artemisia (plural artemisias)

1. Any of many aromatic flowering plants of the genus Artemisia, including wormwood, sagebrush, and tarragon, often used as traditional medicine and flavouring.

Translations

Further reading

• Artemisia (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin artemisia, from Ancient Greek ????????? (artemisía), from ??????? (Ártemis, “Artemis, the goddess”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ar.te?mi.zja/

Noun

artemisia f (plural artemisie)

1. artemisia

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????????? (artemisía), from ??????? (Ártemis, “Artemis, the goddess”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ar.te?mi.si.a/, [ärt???m?s?iä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ar.te?mi.si.a/, [?rt???mi?s?i?]

Noun

artemisia f (genitive artemisiae); first declension

1. mugwort (or similar plant)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

Spanish

Noun

artemisia f (plural artemisias)

1. Alternative form of artemisa

Further reading

• “artemisia” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

Blend of artemisia +? quinin(e).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???.t??mi?.s?n.?n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???.t??m?s.n?.?n/

Noun

artemisinin (countable and uncountable, plural artemisinins)

1. (biochemistry, pharmacology) An antimalarial drug derived from the sweet wormwood shrub, Artemisia annua, found as the active ingredient in traditional Chinese medical herbal treatment for malaria, chemically a sesquiterpene lactone.
   • 1994 May, Mankil Jung, Current Developments in the Chemistry of Artemisinin and Related Compounds, Current Medicinal Chemistry, page 35,

     Artemisinin (Qinghaosu) isolated from Artemisia annua is a novel sesquiterpene lactone bearing an unusual endoperoxide function.

   • 1998, Dee Ann Casteel, Synthesis of Simple Bridged Bicyclic Trioxanes as Analogs of the Antimalarial Natural Product, Atemisinin, Attaur Rahman (editor), New Trends in Natural Product, page 30,

     The practical value of artemisinin itself as a therapeutic agent has been limited by several factors, however. Artemisinin has a high rate of recrudescence [8], poor oral activity [8], a short half-life in plasma [9], and limited solubility in both water and oil [10].

   • In early 2009 the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the discovery of malaria parasites along the Thai-Cambodia border that were proving resistant to commonly used derivatives of artemisinin called artesunate and anthemeter.

Synonyms

• qinghaosu

Translations

Derived terms

• arte- (“antimalarial agent”)

References

• “artemisinin”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “artemisinin”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

See also

• Artemisia