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It is true Artemisia Volume 29, issue 1, Janvier-Février-Mars 2019

Author
ChemBioPharm, Unités Inserm 1212 - CNRS 5320
Université de Bordeaux, Laboratoire de parasitologie-mycologie, Pôle biologie, Hôpital Pellegrin, Bordeaux
* Correspondance

There is currently a hazardous debate between the rational use of antimalarial drugs based on artemisinin derivatives and the antimalarial efficacy of plant extracts of Artemisia spp. This article recall some fundamental rules guiding progresses in malaria treatment and use of artemisinin, with the aim to provide discussion elements to identify the safest place responding to health situations for drugs and phytotherapy.