Commonly known as sweet wormwood, �Qinghao�,�Artemisia annua�has been used as a staple ingredient in Chinese traditional medicine due to its numerous therapeutic properties, with descriptions in texts from 168BC. Artemisinin, the primary component of�Artemisia annua, has been widely used as an anti-malarial drug. The�Artemisia annua�plant apart from artemisinin, contains other bioactives such as sesquiterpene lactones, which could have antihelminthic properties.