Product Name: Artemether Powder Raw Material, API, Artem Ether
Synonyms: Arteannuin Ether
CAS Number: 71963-77-4
Characteristics: White crystalline powder.
Assay: 97% Min
Formula: C16H26O5 = 298.37
What is Artemether Powder used for
Artemisinin is derivatives are a group of drugs that possess the most rapid action of all current drugs against Plasmodium falciparum malaria.Treatments containing an artemisinin derivative (artemisinin-combination therapies, ACTs) are now standard treatment worldwide for P. falciparum malaria. The starting compound artemisinin is isolated from the plant Artemisia annua, sweet wormwood, an herb employed in Chinese traditional medicine.
Use of the drug by itself as a monotherapy is explicitly discouraged by the World Health Organization, as there have been signs that malarial parasites are developing resistance to the drug. Therapies that combine artemisinin with some other antimalarial drug are the preferred treatment for malaria and are both effective and well tolerated in patients. The drug is also increasingly being used in Plasmodium vivax malaria,as well as being a topic of research in cancer treatment.
