Arsenic prepared by Chinese alchemist-pharmacists

作     者：Jing Zhu Dingcheng Ren 

作者机构：Department of PhilosophyEast China Normal UniversityShanghai 200241China Department of HistoryUniversity of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing 100049China Center for Social Studies of SciencePeking UniversityBeijing 100871China 

出 版 物：《Science China(Life Sciences)》 (中国科学（生命科学英文版）)

年 卷 期：2016年第59卷第10期

页      面：1086-1089页

核心收录：

学科分类：1008[医学-中药学(可授医学、理学学位)] 1006[医学-中西医结合] 100602[医学-中西医结合临床] 10[医学] 

基　　金：supported by the National Social Science Foundation of China(12CZX024) 

主　　题：三氧化二砷 中国 急性早幼粒细胞白血病 炼丹术 化学领域 中医药 青蒿素 APL 

摘      要：Dear Editor, The discovery of artemisinin is just one of the gifts from traditional Chinese medicine to the world. Clinical studies have shown that arsenic trioxide, an ancient drug used in Chinese medicine, is an effective and relatively safe treat- ment for acute promyelocytic leukemia （APL）. In particular, Chinese alchemy has attracted attention as it gave rise to a wealth of innovations in the medical and chemical field,