Isolation of a High Artemisinic Acid Containing Plant of Artemisia annua*

Madan Mohan Gupta; Dharam Chand Jain; Ajay Kumar Mathur; Anil Kumar Singh; Ram Kishor Verma; Sushil Kumar

doi:10.1055/s-2006-957880

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Planta Med 1996; 62(3): 280-281
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-957880

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Isolation of a High Artemisinic Acid Containing Plant of *Artemisia annua**

Madan Mohan Gupta, Dharam Chand Jain, Ajay Kumar Mathur, Anil Kumar Singh, Ram Kishor Verma, Sushil Kumar

Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, CIMAP P.O. CIMAP, Lucknow 226 015, India

* CIMAP Contribution No. 95-43 J

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Abstract

A plant of Artemisia annua containing high amounts of artemisinic acid (0.8%) was isolated. The combined concentration of the sesquiterpene artemisinin, and its intermediates artemisinic acid and artemisinin-B in this plant was 1.35%. The plant has been cloned by micropropagation in tissue culture.