Tu Youyou(1930)
MedicineTu Youyou is a Nobel Prize-winning Chinese malariologist and pharmaceutical chemist. She discovered artemisinin and dihydroartemisinin, used to treat malaria, a breakthrough in twentieth-century tropical medicine, saving millions of lives in South China, Southeast Asia, Africa, and South America.
2
Major Awards
98
Publications
3,239
Citations
15
h-index
19
i10-index
33.1
Avg Citations/Paper
Awards & Recognition
Most Cited Works
Top publications by citation count#2
[STUDIES ON THE CONSTITUENTS OF ARTEMISIA ANNUA L].
Yao xue xue bao = Acta pharmaceutica Sinica(2015)
37
citations
#3
The development of the antimalarial drugs with new type of chemical structure--qinghaosu and dihydroqinghaosu.
Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health(2004)
15
citations
Recent Publications
View all works[STUDIES ON THE CONSTITUENTS OF ARTEMISIA ANNUA L].
Yao xue xue bao = Acta pharmaceutica Sinica2015
37citations
The development of the antimalarial drugs with new type of chemical structure--qinghaosu and dihydroqinghaosu.
Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health2004
15citations
In the news
Nature Reviews Microbiology2000
0citations
Open AccessExternal Profiles
Career Path
Award progression over time
Apex Elite Prestigious
Co-winners
Shared the same award in the same year
Education
Peking University
Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
Peking University Health Science Center
Xiaoshi Middle School
Ningbo High School
Positions & Roles
professor
Top Publications
Study towards improving artemisinin-based combination therapies
Natural Product Reports202140 citations
Related Laureates
Other winners of the same award(s)
JP
James P. Allison
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2018)
PC
Paul C. Lauterbur
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2003)
GN
Godfrey N. Hounsfield
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1979)
CH
Charles Huggins
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1966)
SS
Shimon Sakaguchi
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2025)
ME
Mary E. Brunkow
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2025)
Fred Ramsdell
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2025)
Katalin Karikó
Gruber Prize in Neuroscience (2024)
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