Artemisic Acid is a derivative of Artemisinin (A777500), an antimalarial constituent of the tradional Chinese medicinal herb Artemisia annua L., Compositae, which has been known for almost 2000 years as Qinghao. Antimalarial.
ChEBI: A monocarboxylic acid that is prop-2-enoic acid which is substituted at position 2 by a 4,7-dimethyl-1,2,3,4,4a,5,6,8a-octahydronaphthalen-1-yl group (the 1S,4R,4aS,8aR diastereoisomer). I
is a sesquiterpenoid precursor of artemisinin, obtained from sweet wormwood, Artemisia annua.
