Artemisia annua terpenoids from

Zheng, G.-Q., Cytotoxic terpenoids and flavonoids from Artemisia annua, Planta Med., 60, 54, 1994. 

Tewari, A. Bhakuni, R. S. Terpenoid and Upid constituents from Artemisia annua. Indian J. Chem. Sect. B, 2003, 42(7) 1782-1785. 

Artemisinin is used here as an example of a plant sesquiterpenoid with both traditional value as well as with medicinal and social value in the twenty-first century. Research on artemisinin has also established new benchmarks for biochemical engineering and functional genomics of plant terpenoids. Artemisinin is a functionalized sesquiterpene with a unique peroxide linkage from the sweet wormwood Artemisia annua). Chinese herbalists have used it since ancient times, and it is now used for its unique efficacy to treat multidrug-resistant strains of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Its medicinal importance has prompted studies into its biosynthesis and its biochemical engineering so that cost-effective methods for producing it in large scale and in consistent quality may be realized. 

Hyoscyamine, present in Datura stramonium Atropine, present in Atropa belladonna Cocaine, present in Erythroxylon coca Codeine and morphine, present in Papaver somniferum Terpenoids (come from semiterpene oligomerization) Azadirachtin, present in seeds of Azadirachta indica (neem) Artemisinin, present in Artemisia annua Tetrahydrocannabinol, present in Cannabis sativa Steroids (terpenes with a particular ring structure) Glycosides (heavily modified sugar molecules)... 

Fulzele DP, Heble MR, Rao PS (1995) Production of terpenoid from Artemisia annua L. plantlet cultures in bioreactor. J Biotechnol 40 139-143... 

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