Cover Picture: Interaction of Artemisini
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Paolo Coghi; Nicoletta Basilico; Donatella Taramelli; Wing-Chi Chan; Richard K.
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Article
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2009
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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The cover picture shows erythrocytes infected with malaria parasites after Giemsa staining (background). Heme, either within the hemoglobin (Hb) (ribbon diagram) or produced by catabolism of the Hb by the parasite, is considered to be responsible for the antimalarial activity of artemisinins (genera