Tu Youyou and artemisinin? Is the correlation we need to know in our bones. ? In the 1960s, she was ordered to start anti-malaria research. After many years of research and rich research in traditional medicine in China, she was inspired by ancient prescriptions to study Artemisia annua. But as long as Artemisia annua is found to be useful for malaria, it will not come out at once. Tu Youyou's team is consulting a lot of materials, collecting and sorting out a large number of Chinese medicine classics, visiting famous old Chinese medicine practitioners, and collecting more than 640 single Chinese medicines and secret recipes for malaria treatment from different channels. It's only slowly discovered that you have inspiration.
You know, inspiration is often just inspiration. In order to achieve it, their team has paid a lot. At that time, because of the limited process, the whole research process was not smooth. They also took many detours. Although artemisinin was extracted, the effect was not good because of the poor mastery of extraction technology. We should know that the difficulty of extracting artemisinin is not in the front, but in the back to improve the content, purity and extraction efficiency of artemisinin. If the purity and content are not up to standard, the expected effect will not be achieved to a large extent. Later, they carefully studied Ge Hong's "elbow backup emergency prescription", and gradually mastered the skills, and began to use the extraction method of low boiling point solvent to ensure the activity of the compound. Then there is the continuous improvement from molecules to drugs, and the continuous improvement will maximize the curative effect of artemisinin. And then it became famous all over the world.
Personally, I think Tu Youyou is really great! Years of persistence have led to the alleviation and extinction of artemisinin and malaria today. This kind of scientist is the star that should be chased most, and they are the good examples of the people and contribute to the people! The birth of artemisinin has been recognized all over the world, and the Nobel Prize is the greatest recognition of Tu Youyou's contribution!