STAT3 and cancer: Besides, artemisinins also have anticancer, anti-virus, anti-schistosomes, anti-inflammatory properties, and artemisinins are effective in ocular diseases.528–531 Derivatives of artemisinin are collectively termed artemisinins.532 In preadipocytes and cancer cells, artemisinins interfered with STAT3 dimerization by binding to the SH2 domain, then inhibited STAT3 target gene expression.533,534