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(+)-artemisinin

63968-64-9C15H22O5282.336 g/mol
Organic/Inorganic Small MoleculeChEBI source record

A sesquiterpene lactone obtained from sweet wormwood, Artemisia annua, which is used as an antimalarial for the treatment of multi-drug resistant strains of falciparum malaria. — ChEBI

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Identity & molecular properties

Source-linked values
CAS number63968-64-9ChEBI ↗
Molecular formulaC15H22O5ChEBI ↗
Molar mass282.336 g/molChEBI ↗
Monoisotopic mass282.14672 DaChEBI ↗
Formal charge0ChEBI ↗
ChEBI identifierCHEBI:223316ChEBI ↗

Cross-source molecular data

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Molar mass282.33 g/molPubChem ↗
Exact mass282.14672380 DaPubChem ↗
Computed XLogP2.8PubChem ↗
Topological polar surface area (Ų)54PubChem ↗
H-bond donors0PubChem ↗
H-bond acceptors5PubChem ↗
Rotatable bonds0PubChem ↗

PubChem computed values are shown separately from the ChEBI record. An exact InChIKey match was used to connect the records. Molecular descriptors do not describe a supplied product’s purity, particle size or performance.

Names & structural identifiers

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(+)-artemisinin
(3R,5aS,6R,8aS,9R,12S,12aR)-3,6,9-trimethyloctahydro-3,12-epoxypyrano[4,3-j][1,2]benzodioxepin-10(3H)-one
BLUAFEHZUWYNDE-NNWCWBAJSA-N
[H][C@]12OC(=O)[C@H](C)[C@]3([H])CC[C@@H](C)[C@]4([H])CC[C@@](C)(OO[C@]143)O2
InChI=1S/C15H22O5/c1-8-4-5-11-9(2)12(16)17-13-15(11)10(8)6-7-14(3,18-13)19-20-15/h8-11,13H,4-7H2,1-3H3/t8-,9-,10+,11+,13-,14-,15-/m1/s1

Names & synonyms

(3R,5aS,6R,8aS,9R,12S,12aR)-3,6,9-trimethyloctahydro-3,12-epoxypyrano[4,3-j][1,2]benzodioxepin-10(3H)-oneartemisininartemisininum

Names are supplied by ChEBI. Trade names and related synonyms may describe a broader product context.

Classification & relationships

ChEBI ontology
organic peroxideChEBI parent class · 25702 ↗sesquiterpene lactoneChEBI parent class · 37667 ↗
oxideesterlipidorganic heterocyclic compoundorganic molecular entity

Roles recorded in ChEBI

antiviral agentantipsychotic agentantimalarialplant metabolite

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Mass ↔ amount of substance

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Equivalent amount
0.00354188 mol

Uses 282.336 g/mol from ChEBI. Assumes the substance described by this record; no purity or concentration correction is applied.

Elemental composition

Theoretical mass fractions
C
Carbon · 15 atoms
63.81%
O
Oxygen · 5 atoms
28.33%
H
Hydrogen · 22 atoms
7.85%

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Research & patent references

Selected source associations
Artemisinin: an alternative treatment for oral squamous cell carcinoma. ↗Anticancer research · 2004 Jul-Aug · PMID 15330155
Production of artemisinin by genetically-modified microbes. ↗Biotechnology letters · 2008 Apr · PMID 18008167
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Sources & record history

Checked 27 Sep 2026
EMBL-EBI ChEBI · CHEBI:223316

Release 255, 9 September 2026. ChEBI three-star (manually annotated) source entry. View original record ↗ · CC BY 4.0

NCBI PubChem · CID 68827 · retrieved 2026-09-27

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