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ReviewNatural product reports2023

Artemisinin as a therapeutic

Pamela J Weathers

Abstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Natural product reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
    Article
  2. Article
  3. Characterization of high-artemisinin yieldingBiochemistry and biophysics reports · 2026
    Article
  4. StandardizedVeterinary sciences · 2025
    Article
  5. The Beneficial Use ofAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025
    Review
  6. Medicinal plants as more sustainable therapeutic solutions:Global health economics and sustainability · 2025
    Article
  7. Article
  8. Article
  9. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Pamela J WeathersDepartment of Biology and Biotechnology, 100 Institute Rd, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, 01609, USA. weathers@wpi.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-5138-3839

Funding

Study how the liver alters bioavailability of artemisinin when delivered from the dried leaves of the plant Artemisia annua vs as pure drug.R15AT008277 · NCCIH · WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE · PI WEATHERS, PAMELA J · 2014 to 2018
$953k
NCCIH NIH HHS R15 AT008277
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Covering: up to 2017-2022Many small molecule drugs are first discovered in nature, commonly the result of long ethnopharmacological use by people, and then characterized and purified from their biological sources. Traditional medicines are often more sustainable, but issues related to source consistency and efficacy present challenges. Modern medicine has focused solely on purified molecules, but evidence is mounting to support some of the more traditional uses of medicinal biologics. When is a more traditional delivery of a therapeutic appropriate and warranted? What studies are required to establish validity of a traditional medicine approach?

Indexed as

AntimalarialsArtemisia annuaArtemisininsPlants, MedicinalHumansAntimalarialsartemisininArtemisinins

Identifiers

PMID36541391
PMCPMC13386166

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.