(+)-artemisinin is a sesquiterpene lactone obtained from sweet wormwood, Artemisia annua, which is used as an antimalarial for the treatment of multi-drug resistant strains of falciparum malaria.
Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII 9RMU91N5K2 · registered name ARTEMISININ · single chemical substance
(+)-artemisinin is a sesquiterpene lactone obtained from sweet wormwood, Artemisia annua, which is used as an antimalarial for the treatment of multi-drug resistant strains of falciparum malaria. It has a role as an antimalarial and a plant metabolite. It is an organic peroxide and a sesquiterpene lactone.
Source: PubChem
Cosmetic roles
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 63968-64-9
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID2040652
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID40819890
- IUPAC
- (3R,5aS,6R,8aS,9R,12S,12aR)-3,6,9-Trimethyloctahydro-12H-3,12-epoxypyrano[4,3-j][1,2]benzodioxepin-10(3H)-one
- Molecular formula
- C15H22O5
- Molecular weight
- 282.336 g/mol
What products actually use it for
What the 2 products reported to the US EPA with this ingredient use it for. Products outside cosmetics are included, so the top few rows are its main uses.
- Biocide1
- Softener and conditioner1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Related literature
- Artemisinin analogues are effective in the treatment of psoriasis by targeting RORγt. · 2025
- Development of an Analytical Procedure for the Quantification of Artemisinin in Encapsulated Formulations · 2025
- New clinical application prospects of artemisinin and its derivatives: a scoping review · 2023
- Comparative Evaluation of Different Extraction Techniques for Separation of Artemisinin from Sweet Wormwood (Artemisia annua L.) · 2023
- Methemoglobin as a redox-responsive nanocarrier to trigger the in situ anticancer ability of artemisinin · 2017
Linked databases 14
- ChEBI
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- Korea Cosmetic Association ingredient dictionary
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic ingredient register 2
- NIST Chemistry WebBook
- PubChem
- Tlooto literature search 2 3 4 5
- UniChem cross-reference IDs
- US EPA CompTox dashboard 2
- US EPA DSSTox chemical database
- US FDA substance registration (GSRS)
- US FDA Unique Ingredient Identifier (UNII)
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