青蒿素是我国七十年代从祖国医药学宝库中发掘出来的新型抗疟药。它的结构与以往已知的抗疟药不同,是含过氧桥的倍半萜内酯的药物,具有高效、速效、低毒的特点,缺点是近期复发率高。青蒿素的研究成功,是抗疟药物史上继喹啉类以后的重大突破。它已引起 Artemisinin is a new type of antimalarial drug that was discovered in the treasure house of the motherland medicine in the seventies in our country. Its structure is different from previously known anti-malarial drugs, is a drug containing sesquiterpene lactone bridge, with high efficiency, quick, low toxicity characteristics, the disadvantage is the recent high recurrence rate. The success of artemisinin research is a major breakthrough in the history of antimalarial drugs following quinoline. It has been caused