Sughrue Mion, PLLC
Process for isolating artemisinin from Artemisia annua
The present invention relates to a process for the isolation of artemisinin, an antimalarial agent from the herb of the Artemisia annua plant, comprising of extracting the herb with ethanol, partitioning of the extract between water and hexane, followed by evaporative crystallization of artemisinin from hexane phase to produce substantially pure artemisinin.
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
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A61K
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Shiv Kumar Atul Prakash Govind Madan Mohan Dharam Chand Digvijay Suman Preet Singh Sushil
Gupta Kahol Ram Gupta Jain Singh Khanuja Kumar