artelinic acid artelinic acid artelinic acid (or its salt, artelinate) is an experimental drug that is being investigated as a treatment for malaria. it is a semi-synthetic derivative of the natural compound artemisinin. artelinic acid has a lower rate of neurotoxicity than the related artemisinin derivatives arteether and artemether, but is three times more toxic than artesunate. at present, artelinic acid seems unlikely to enter routine clinical use, because it offers no clear benefits over the artemesinins already available (artesunate and artemether). artelinic acid has not yet been evaluated for use in humans. artelinic acidclinical dataatc codenoneidentifiers iupac name 4--1,2-benzodioxepin-10-yl]oxy]methylbenzoic acid cas number120020-26-0 ypubchem cid180423beta-artelinic acid: 10341948chemspider8517407 nunii08x93406pgchemblchembl477080 nchemical and physical dataformulac23h30o7molar mass418.486 g·mol−13d model (jsmol)interactive image smiles o=c(o)c1ccc(cc1)co4o5o3(oo52(cc(c)2cc3)4c)c inchi inchi=1s/c23h30o7/c1-13-4-9-18-14(2)20(26-12-15-5-7-16(8-6-15)19(24)25)27-21-23(18)17(13)10-11-22(3,28-21)29-30-23/h5-8,13-14,17-18,20-21h,4,9-12h2,1-3h3,(h,24,25)/t13-,14-,17+,18+,20+,21-,22-,23-/m1/s1 nkey:uvnhkoojxsalhn-ilqpjifqsa-n n ny (what is this?) (verify)