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here's some pubmed research on absinthe
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2758403/
Artemisinins: their growing importance in medicine
Artemisinins are derived from extracts of sweet wormwood (Artemisia annua) and are well established for the treatment of malaria, including highly drug-resistant strains. Their efficacy also extends to phylogenetically unrelated parasitic infections such as schistosomiasis. More recently, they have also shown potent and broad anticancer properties in cell lines and animal models. In this review, we discuss recent advances in defining the role of artemisinins in medicine, with particular focus on their controversial mechanisms of action. This safe and cheap drug class that saves lives at risk from malaria can also have important potential in oncology.
In in vitro studies, several groups have reported that artemisinins have antiviral properties. Artemisinins reduce replication rates of hepatitis B and C viruses [91,92], a range of human herpes viruses [93–95], HIV-1 [96], influenza virus A [93,97] and a bovine viral diarrhoea virus [98] in the low micromolar range. Artesunate was also effective at reducing CMV (human herpes virus 5) copy number in an immunosuppressed 12-year-old child [99] and was used (100 mg per day, orally) for 30 days without attributable toxicity.