Question

(3 points) In class we described the anti-malarial drug artemisinin (structure given below). What is the active functional group on the drug that is most responsible for its potency?

Answer 1

Answer: QINGHAOSU

Step-by-step explanation:Artemisinin is an antimalarial (Drug used to cure Malaria) drug whose active ingredient QINGHAOSU was isolated in the 1970s from the Plant called Artemisia annua by a Chinese Physician.

Artemisinin has been in use in ancient Chinese communities since the 4th century to cure Diseases. Artemisinin is potent in killing several forms of the Plasmodium specie and has been used to derive other antimalarial Drugs in use today like Artemeter and Artesunate.