A NEW herbal drug developed by
scientists at the Indian Council of
Medical Research (ICMR), could not
have come a moment sooner for those
trying to grapple with the menace of
malaria.
The drug, Arteether, has been
derived from a Chinese herb, Artemisia
annua, known as Quinghosou in
Chinese. it is being acclaimed as the
most significant discovery to control
falciparum mosquitoes, which carry the
malarial parasite. The latest finding was
disclosed at a seminar held at the ]CMR'S
regional medical centre at Dibrugarh on
January 7. The drug would not have any
of the damaging side-effects of synthetic
mosquito-control drugs.
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