Beta-hematin inhibition and antimalarial properties
Recent results obtained at the AlQuds University in partnership with IFBV-BELHERB from Luxembourg show that freshly prepared infusion of Artemisia annua or Artemisia afra is stronger than chloroquine in the inhibition of beta-hematin (hemozoin) formation. In infected erythrocytes, the malaria parasite generates large quantities of toxic ferri-heme, the Achille’s heel of Plasmodium. With hydrogen peroxyde which is present in all living beings, heme forms aggressive radicals which kill...
