Reale Samantha, Pace Loretta, Monti Paolo, De Angelis Francesco, Marcozzi Giordana
Department of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Material, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.
Nat Prod Res. 2008 Mar 10;22(4):360-4. doi: 10.1080/14786410701855951.
We describe a simple, rapid combined method for extracting the antimalarial compound artemisinin from the leaves of Artemisia annua L. cultivated for the first time in Burundi, and quantitating the active principle by high-performance liquid chromatography-electrospray mass spectrometry.
