Allergy Research Group Artemisinin - For CovidArtemisinin Artemisinin is an anti inflammatory phytomedicine with broad spectrum antiviral activity. Artemisinin and its antimalarial properties were discovered by the Chinese scientist Tu Youyu, who became one of the laureates of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for this breakthrough in tropical medicine. It is a commonly used anti malaria drug. Artemisinin has recently been repurposed as a potential COVID 19 drug. Its documented anti