Table 1.

Potential Non-Malarial Therapeutic Uses of Artemisinin and its Derivatives

Compound	Therapeutic target	Structure
Artemisinin	Toxoplasma gondii [8]; P. Carinii [11]
Dihydroartemisinin	Ovarian Cancer [18] Oral Cancer [13]; Antiangiogenesis [19]
Artesunate	Leukemia [22]; Uveal Melanoma [23] Prostate Cancer [97] Hepatitis B [7] Cytomegalovirus [6]
Artemether	Schistosomiasis [9]
Arteether	C. neoformans [98]