Sweet wormwood  with Sea Buchthorn extact

Sweet wormwood  with Sea Buchthorn extact 120 capsules

Artemisinin, found in the leaf of the sweet wormwood (Artemisia annua), is one of the best immunostimulants in helping to fight infections.

The active ingredient has been used for thousands of years considering its antiparasitic, antibacterial and antiviral properties.

It helps relieve inflammation, regulate immune system reactions.

Scientific background

Therapeutic treatments with Artemisia annua have a long-established tradition in various diseases due to its antibacterial, antioxidant, antiviral, anti-malaria and anti-cancer effects. However, in relation to the latter, virtually all reports focused on toxic effects of A. annua extracts were obtained mostly through conventional maceration methods. In the present study, an innovative extraction procedure from A. annua, based on pressurised cyclic solid-liquid (PCSL) extraction, resulted in the production of a new phytocomplex with enhanced anti-cancer properties. This extraction procedure generated a pressure gradient due to compressions and following decompressions, allowing to directly perform the extraction without any maceration. The toxic effects of A. annua PCSL extract were tested on different cells, including three cancer cell lines. The results of this study clearly indicate that the exposure of human, murine and canine cancer cells to serial dilutions of PCSL extract resulted in higher toxicity and stronger propensity to induce apoptosis than that detected by subjecting the same cells to Artemisia extracts obtained through canonical extraction by maceration. Collected data suggest that PCSL extract of A. annua could be a promising and economic new therapeutic tool to treat human and animal tumours.

Rosanna Culurciello 1, Andrea Bosso 1, Giovanni Di Fabio 2, Armando Zarrelli 2 3, Angela Arciello 2, Francesca Carella 1, Leonardo Leonardi 4, Laura Pazzaglia 5, Gionata De Vico 1, Elio Pizzo 1