Internet World Congress '98 Invited Symposium

	Medicinal Plants and Drug Actions Chair: David Kwan (McMaster University, Canada) Co-Chair: Ricky YK Man (The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China)

0415 Plant Alkaloid Tetrandrine and Its Analogues Downregulates Protein Kinase C dependent but not Ca2+-dependent Signaling Pathway in Human Peripheral Blood T Cells LJ Ho (Graduate Institute of Life Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taiwan) DM Chang (Rheumatology/Immunology and Allergy, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taiwan ROC) DT Lee (Army 802 Hospital, Taiwan ROC) ML Chang (Rheumatology/Immunology and Allergy, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taiwan ROC) JH Lai (Rheumatology/Immunology and Allergy, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taiwan ROC)

0825 Development of Low-cot DNA Probe for Fingerprinting Asia and North American Ginseng F.C. Leung (Department of Zoology, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong) I.S.H. Ho (Department of Zoology, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)

0808 Inhibition Of Low Density Lipoprotein Oxidation By Ginkgo Biloba Extract (EGb) M Huang (Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Science, China) J-P Li (Department of Pharmacology, Norman Bethune University, China) H Teoh (Department of Pharmacology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China) RYK Man (Department of Pharmacology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China)

0190 Effects of Rotundine on Morphine Tolerance and Dependence T M Wong (Dept. of Physiology, The Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong) W-Q Jin (Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Science, China) Z-Q Chi (Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Science, China)

0186 Cardiovascular Effects of CPU-23, a New Synthetic Drug Based on Chinese Medicinal Drugs H Dong (Smooth Muscle Research Group, University of Calgary, Canada)

0224 Effects of Tetrandrine on Calcium Mobilization in Non-excitable Cells H. Takemura (Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Sapporo Medical University, Japan)

0674 Pharmacological Mechanisms of Cardiovascular Actions of Diterpenoids of Andrographis Paniculata B K H Tan (Department of Pharmacology, National University of Singapore, Singapore) C Y Zhang (Department of Pharmacology, National University of Singapore, Singapore)

0249 Differential Vascular Effects of Panax Ginseng and Panax Quinquefolius Extracts CY Kwan (Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Canada)