Artemisia annua extract

Artemisia annua is an annual herb, belonging to the genus Artemisia annua. The plant height is above 40-150 cm, and the whole growth period is about 120 days. Produced in Jilin, Liaoning, Hebei (south), Shaanxi (south), Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan (east), Guizhou, Yunnan and other provinces, often Scattered in low-altitude, moist riverbank sandy land, valleys, forest edges, roadsides, etc., are also seen in coastal areas.

North Korea, Japan, Vietnam (north), Myanmar, India (north) and Nepal also have them. Type specimens were collected from the southeastern part of the Himalayas.

Artemisia annua extract contains arteannuin, arteannuin A, B, C, D, pentan, artemisinic acid, methyl artemisinate, artemisinol, and contains volatile oil. The main oil is artemisia ketone), isoartemisinone, cuminal, 1,8-eucalyptus, syringene, etc.

Product name: Artemisia annua extract

English name: Artemisinin

Latin name: Artemisia Carvifolia

Plant alias: wormwood, wormwood, wormwood, wormwood, wormwood, wormwood, wormwood, wormwood, wormwood, wormwood

Product Category: Anti-malarial plants

Product properties: Artemisia annua alcohol extract (brown fine powder); 98% artemisinin (colorless needle-like crystals, bitter taste)

Product specifications: 10:1 5% 98%

Detection method: TLC/HPLC

Plant family and genera: Plant kingdom, Compositae, Artemisia subgenus Artemisia.

Molecular weight: 282.33

Molecular formula: C15H22O5

Physical and chemical properties: colorless needle-like crystals, bitter taste. It is easily soluble in acetone, ethyl acetate, chloroform, benzene and glacial acetic acid, soluble in ethanol, methanol, ether and petroleum ether, and almost insoluble in water.

Melting point: 156-157℃ (decompose after decoction)

CAS#: 63968-64-9

Chemical composition: Artemisia annua contains bitterness, volatile oil and artemisinine, vitamin A; it contains terpenoid artemisinin.

Extraction process: The method of extracting artemisinin from Artemisia annua is based on the extraction principle, mainly including ether extraction and solvent gasoline extraction. The volatile oil is mainly extracted by steam distillation and separated by vacuum distillation. The process is: feeding-adding water-distillation-cooling-oil and water separation-essential oil; non-volatile components are mainly extracted by organic solvent, column chromatography and recrystallization separation. The basic process is: drying-crushing-soaking, extraction (repeated)-concentrated extract-crude product-refining.