KHARTOUM, April 25 (Xinhua) -- The drug Artemisinin is used as the first-line treatment for malaria in Sudan, an African country where the acute infectious disease is endemic, according to Sudan's medical specialists.
"Artemisinin is a chemical compound isolated from sweet wormwood (Artemisia annua), an annual herb native to China" and other temperate Asian countries, Ahmed Abdalla Khidir, a pharmacist and owner of El Nadi pharmacies group in Sudan's capital Khartoum, told Xinhua on Monday.
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