1·Africans are now just as keen on Asian medicine: artemisinin, a highly effective malaria remedy derived from a Chinese shrub.
非洲人现在同样热衷于亚洲药物:青蒿素,一种从中国灌木中提取的、非常有效的治疗疟疾的药物。
2·Artemisinin is also a promising potent drug in the treatment of cancer, human parasites such as pneumocystosis.
青蒿素还是一种有前途的有效药物,可用于治疗癌症,人类寄生虫,如肺囊虫病。
3·Next month, WHO, together with the Roll Back Malaria Partnership, will be launching a global plan for the containment of artemisinin resistance.
下个月,世卫组织将与遏制疟疾伙伴关系共同发布有关遏制对青蒿素耐药的全球计划。
4·After harvesting or collection, the artemisinin content of the leaves will gradually decrease.
在收获或采收之后,叶中的青蒿素含量将逐步减少。
5·But it is the sheer volume of unregulated self-medication with single artemisinin tablets that threatens the efficacy of a whole generation of medicines.
但不受监管的自我服用单一青蒿素片剂的人数很多,这对整代药品的有效性产生严峻威胁。