Current Trends in Technology and Science ISSN: 2279–0535. Volume: 2, Issue: 4 Comparison analysis of different parts and geographical origins from southwestern China on artemisinin content of Artemisia annua L. Xiaobo Jiang PG Student, Dept of Botany, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, Sichuan, China,
[email protected] Haihui Zhang PG Student, Dept of Botany, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, Sichuan, China,
[email protected] Meng Wang PG Student, Dept of Botany, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, Sichuan, China,
[email protected] Long Wang PG Student, Dept of Botany, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, Sichuan, China,
[email protected] Li Zhang Professor, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, Sichuan, China,
[email protected] Abstract – In the study we focus on determining the wormwood, it was highly effective antimalarial agent for contents of artemisinin in Artemisia annua L. from Plasmodium falciparum and supplied sustaining different geographical origins of southwest district of resistance compared to other drugs [5]. China. The artemisinin contents of eleven samples are Artemisinin source can be got in a variety of ways. measured by the high performance liquid At present taking low cost into consideration, people chromatography (HPLC). As a result, Artemisinin prefer extracting that from A. annua directly to achieving exists in different parts of A. annua plant and the by cell engineering, chemical synthesis or others in the content is as follow: inflorescences > leaves > stems. industrial. Cultivation of the plant is still the only cost Except for the material from Qianjiang district, effective source of artemisinin [6]-[9]. A. annua widely Artemisinin content of four materials in Chongqing distributes in China, whose artemisinin content is in a area is higher than those of Sichuan and Guizhou by range from 0.02%-1.09% affected by climate and the average of 0.728%.