Part of the Healing Power of Plants lecture series given at the Botanic Gardens.
The Artemisinin Supply for Malaria Control
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Dianna Bowles OBE from the Centre for Novel Agricultural Products in York has led pioneering work on the development of new higher yielding varieties of Artemisia annua which can be grown in developing countries to provide a supply of artemisinin for use in essential malaria medications.
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The Oxford Botanic Garden is a national reference collection of 7,000 different types of plant, making it the most compact yet diverse collection of plants in the World - there is even more biological diversity here than there is in tropical rain forests and other biodiversity hotspots.
Many gardeners come here to seek inspiration. In the beds and borders you may find new plants that would be perfect in your garden at home and partly for this reason we strive to label clearly every...
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