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Why do some anti-parasite agents appear as antivirals too? For Artemisia "The antimalarial effect of artemisinins is probably related to the formation of reactive oxygen species, although its full mechanism of action is unknown".

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7928734/

And a couple of other mechanisms too:

Artemisinin kills malaria parasites by damaging proteins and inhibiting the proteasome (2018)

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30228310/

Of course my next literature review has to be about Artemisinin, and combination synergy.

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I've also wondered about why antivirals worked so well for parasites. They called artemisia "wormwood" for a reason. Funny how mosquitos that that carry malaria viruses don't like artemisia either. That's an interesting fact that doesn't seem to be a coincidence.

I look forward to reading your research. I think I'll do a summary on some literature from my perspective. I certainly don't understand the pathways, but I see how the pharmaceutical industry has misappropriated the value of the herb, and I may focus on that perspective more than others would.

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