Artemisinin
CAS: 63968-64-9
Category: Terpenoids
| Purity | ≥98% HPLC, ≥95% Natural Extract Grade, Pharmaceutical Secondary Standard |
| Molecular Formula | C15H22O5 |
| Molecular Weight | 282.33 |
| Appearance | Colorless needles or white crystalline powder |
| Packaging | 1 kg / 5 kg – food-grade aluminium foil bag with PE liner; 25 kg – fibreboard drum with two PE liners & desiccant |
| Testing Indicators | Appearance — Visual inspection; Melting point — Capillary; Purity — HPLC; Identification — IR, LC-MS; Specific rotation — Polarimetry; Related sesquiterpenes — TLC; Residual solvents — GC; Heavy metals — ICP-MS; Microbial limits — Plating. |
| Storage Notes | Store cool (≤20 °C), dry, in the dark; keep sealed under nitrogen head-space; avoid prolonged exposure to air, heat, acids, or peroxides which open the peroxide bridge. |
| Lead Time | Deprecated: htmlspecialchars(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /www/wwwroot/www.demeichem.com/config/helpers.php on line 28 days |
Starting material for semi-synthetic artemether, arteether, artesunate antimalarial APIs