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International Garlic Symposiumhttp://www.garlic.mistral.co.uk/6th_int.htm This data was presented at the satellite symposium on InternationalGarlic Research, at the 6th International Congress on Phytotherapy,in conjunction with the European Scientific Co-operative forPhytotherapy held at The Free University of Berlin.These proceedings summarise the most recent work, carried out aroundthe world into the properties of a dried garlic powder product andits aqueous extracts. Data was also presented on new novel modes ofaction for garlic powder, as well as further details on itspharmacological properties and clinical activity, and importance incardiovascular medicine. Chairman: Professor Dr G. G. Belz,Director Centre for Cardiovascular Pharmacology, Wiesbaden, Germany. --Changes in vascular tone and calcium metabolismG. Siegal, U. Casper, and A. WalterInstitute of Physiology, Biophysical Research Group, FreieUniversitat Berlin, Germany--Direct anti-atherosclerotic effects of garlic powderProfessor Alexander N. OrekhovInstitute of Experimental Cardiology, Moscow Russia--Inhibition of cholesterol biosynthesis by garlic compoundsProfessor Rolf GebhardtPhysiologisch-chemisches Institut der Universitat, D-72076 Tubingen--Garlic and Nitric Oxide metabolism: The implications duringpregnancyDr. S Sooranna, Ms J Hirani, Ms. N Khan* and Dr. I Das*Academic Departments of Obstetrics & Gynaecology and Psychiatry,*Charing Cross & Westminster Medical School, Chelsea & WestminsterHospital, London.--A meta-analysis of the effects of garlic on blood pressure and serumlipidsDr Andrew Neil and Professor Christopher Silagy*University of Oxford, U.K. and Flinders University of SouthAustralia, Adelaide.*--The effect of dried garlic powder tablets on serum lipidsin non-insulin dependent diabetic patientsDr P Mansell, Salisbury UK, Dr J.P.D. Reckless, Bath UK,Dr. J. Lloyd, Bath UK, Dr B. Leatherdale, Southampton UK.--Garlic supplements - Comparative effectiveness in cardiovascularcareO S De A Santos - Bromsgrove, Birmingham.--Effect of garlic and fish oil supplementation on serum lipid andlipoprotein levels in hypercholesterolemic menB J Holub and A J Adler, Nutrition Research Group for Heart DiseasePrevention,Department of Human Biology and Nutritional Sciences, University ofGuelph, Ontario, Canada.--Effects of garlic powder tablets on patientswith hyperlipidaemia in Canadian clinical practiceDr. Kenneth R. Melvin, Mary Anne Chappell,Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, The Doctors Hospital,Toronto, Ontario, Canada.--Influence of longterm garlic intake on pulse wave velocity along theaortaProf. Dr. Gustav G. Beltz, K. Breithaupt, M. Ling, G.K.Wolf*Centre for Cardiovascular Pharmacology, Mainz and *MedizinischeInformatik, Heidelberg.--Long term effect of garlic powder tablets on the development ofplaque formationin the cartoid branches of both femoral arteries - A preliminaryreportProfessor H Kiesewetter, Director of the Institute of TransfusionMedicine and Immunohaemotology,University Hospital, Charite of the Humboldt University, Berlin. --garlicIf you would like a hard copy of this data, please send your snailmail addressand a cheque made payable to The Garlic Information Centre for£15.00 or $30.00 or 40DM(German translation available) and we will post you one immediately.