The antimicrobial action of artemisinin is not well understood but this chemical appears to
A) swell the Plasmodium falciparum food vacuoles.
B) form reactive oxygen intermediates inside Plasmodium-infected red blood cells.
C) inhibit heme polymerase,an enzyme that converts toxic heme into nontoxic hemazoin.
D) raise the internal pH,clump the plasmodial pigment,and intercalate into plasmodial DNA.
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