Artemisinin as a self-propagating radical initiator under aerobic conditions
Svetlana L. Solodova, Evgenii T Denisov, T. G. Denisova · Mendeleev Communications · 2008
It has been shown theoretically using a parabolic model of radical reactions that alkyl radicals formed from artemisinin are involved in the rapid intramolecular chain oxidation of artemisinin to a polyfunctional initiator with several hydroperoxy groups.