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Dihydroartemisinin

analytical standard, mixture of α and β isomers

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C15H24O5
Molecular Weight:
284.35
MDL number:
MFCD28384156
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
PubChem Substance ID:
329798850
NACRES:
NA.24

grade

analytical standard

Quality Level

200

Assay

≥97% (TLC)

form

powder

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable
gas chromatography (GC): suitable

application(s)

pharmaceutical (small molecule)

format

neat

storage temp.

2-8°C

SMILES string

C[C@H]1C(O)O[C@@]2([H])[C@@]3(OO4)[C@](CC[C@]4(C)O2)([H])[C@H](C)CC[C@]31[H]

InChI

1S/C15H24O5/c1-8-4-5-10-9(2)12(16)18-13-15(10)11(8)6-14(3,7-17-13)19-20-15/h8-13,16H,4-7H2,1-3H3/t8-,9-,10+,11+,12?,13+,14+,15+/m1/s1

InChI key

DJGUTYJDEZGRGH-NJEKVMANSA-N

General description

Dihydroartemisinin is the major metabolite of the antimalarial agent, artemether. It is highly efficient against both drug-sensitive and drug-resistant strains of Plasmodium falciparum.
Antimalarial; antipsoriasis; anti-inflammatory.

Application

Refer to the product′s Certificate of Analysis for more information on a suitable instrument technique. Contact Technical Service for further support.

Warning

Protect from light.

Preparation Note

artemisia plant extract

Pictograms

FlameEnvironment
GHS02,GHS09

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H242,H411

Hazard Classifications

Aquatic Chronic 2 - Org. Perox. C

Storage Class Code

5.2 - Organic peroxides and self-reacting hazardous materials

WGK

WGK 2

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Certificates of Analysis (COA)

Lot/Batch Number
0000375586
0000375586
0000254398
SLCM2157
SLCK0307

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Anne Marijon et al.
Malaria journal, 13, 501-501 (2014-12-18)
Improving management of patients suffering from cerebral malaria is needed to reduce the devastating mortality and morbidity of the disease in endemic areas. Intravenous artesunate is currently the first-line treatment, but the lack of material and skills in the field
Selective determination, in plasma, of artemether and its major metabolite, dihydroartemisinin, by high-performance liquid chromatography with ultraviolet detection
Thomas GC, et al.
Journal of Chromatography. B, Biomedical Sciences and Applications, 583(1), 131-136 (1992)
Aditya S Paul et al.
Nature communications, 11(1), 3532-3532 (2020-07-17)
Asexual proliferation of the Plasmodium parasites that cause malaria follows a developmental program that alternates non-canonical intraerythrocytic replication with dissemination to new host cells. We carried out a functional analysis of the Plasmodium falciparum homolog of Protein Phosphatase 1 (PfPP1)
Lisa Evans DeWald et al.
Scientific reports, 9(1), 20199-20199 (2019-12-29)
During the Ebola virus disease (EVD) epidemic in Western Africa (2013‒2016), antimalarial treatment was administered to EVD patients due to the high coexisting malaria burden in accordance with World Health Organization guidelines. In an Ebola treatment center in Liberia, EVD patients
Harvie P Portugaliza et al.
eLife, 9 (2020-10-22)
Malaria transmission is dependent on the formation of gametocytes in the human blood. The sexual conversion rate, the proportion of asexual parasites that convert into gametocytes at each multiplication cycle, is variable and reflects the relative parasite investment between transmission
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