Natural products are an important source for drug discovery. At present there is a resurgent interest in pharmacognosy as a platform for new combinations of active principles to provide highly potent and low-cost medications to treat a growing population with an increasing longevity. This product studied phytochemical interactions in Artemisia annua plant extracts using anti-plasmodium and anti-proliferation assays to identify interactions with potential therapeutic implications. To enable the study a rapid tandem quadrupole mass spectrometry (TQD) method was developed for metabolites in the plant and the validation indices showed the method to be robust, quick, sensitive and adequate for a range of applications.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bl.uk/oai:ethos.bl.uk:589843 |
Date | January 2013 |
Creators | Suberu, John O. |
Publisher | University of Warwick |
Source Sets | Ethos UK |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
Source | http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/58485/ |
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