The Oriental Pharmacy and Experimental Medicine publishes original articles related to the observation and experimental investigation of the biological activities and clinical applications of natural substances of all cultures. The Oriental Pharmacy and Experimental Medicine will accept the following contributions: Original research articles; minireviews; short communications; case reports; letters to the Editors. Papers written in English will only be considered. Authors are invited to submit manuscripts (original and two copies) to the Editor-in-Chief. Editor-in-Chief is willing to accept e-mail submissions if they are in an appropriate format. Submissions may be sent by e-mail to opem@khu.ac.kr providing that the manuscript is in MS Word, figures are in MS Word or MS Power Point, and tables are in MS Word or Excel.

Contributions are accepted on the understanding that it has not been published, and that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. Papers accepted become copyright of the Journal. It is expected from the authors that they submit only data that have arisen from animal experimentation carried out in an ethically proper way by following guidelines as set by the World Health Organization. The Editors will not accept manuscripts which violate these principles.

Important Information

1. Submission of a paper will be held to imply that the manuscript contains original unpublished work and is not being submitted for publication elsewhere.
2. Manuscripts submitted under multiple authorship are reviewed on the assumption that all listed authors concur with the submission and that a copy of the final manuscript has been approved by all authors and tacitly or explicitly by the responsible authorities in the laboratories where the work was carried out.
3. It is understood that with submission of this article the authors have complied with the institutional policies governing the humane and ethical treatment of the experimental subjects, and that they are willing to share the original data and materials if so requested.
4. Conflict of Interest? Full Disclosure: In addition to complete contact/address of employer/institutional affiliation for all authors, all other relationships that may be perceived to potentially conflict the objectivity of any author must be fully disclosed in a footnote to the manuscript.

Disks It is not necessary to submit a diskette with the original submission, but authors must be aware that an electronic version will be required if the paper is accepted for publication. Hence, authors are encouraged to prepare typescripts using IBM compatible PC(other systems are not available). The preferred wordprocessor is Microsoft Word for Windows. Accepted authors will be asked to provide the diskette with versions in ASCII code on addition to the original wordprocessed versions and a new hard-copy version. Please do not split the article into separate files(title pages as one file, text as anothor, etc.). The final version of the hard copy and the file on disk must be the same. Specify the type of coumpter and wordprocessing package used and label the disk with authors name, the name of the file and the number of manuscript on the disk. Abbreviations may be used in the abstract, but they are to be defined in the abstract. Abbreviations used in the text are to be defined in the first time they appear in the text.

Tables should be typed on separate sheets and should be given Arabic numbers. Their heading should briefly describe their content.

Figures should be given Arabic numbers. The author¡¯s name, figure number and an arrow clarifying orientation should be marked in pencil on the reverse of each illustration. If possible, please send digital versions of your figures. Ideally these should be saved as EPS or TIFF, but please note that it may not be possible to modify them. Always enclose a hard copy of digitally supplied figures. If not supplied in a digital format, diagrams should be drawn in black on plain white paper. It is important to allow for reduction to fit a single column, 7.5 cm wide, or at most a double column, maximally 16 cm wide. Any symbols used must be legible after reduction in size. Legends should be typed on one sheet, separate from the figures. Drawings and photographs should be include a statement of magnification. Color prints are charged to the author.

References should be referred to by a name and year chronologically in the text in parentheses (e.g.: Kim and Lee, 1998; Kim, 1999; Kim et al., 1999) and listed alphabetically at the end of paper. Examples:

1. Journals: Kim HM, Lee YM. (1999) Role of TGF-¥â1 on the lgEdependent anaphylaxis reaction. J. Immunol. 162, 4960-4965.
2. Books: Chang HM, But PPH. (1987) Pharmacology and Applications of Chinese Materia Medica, pp. 1229-1230, World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore.
   
3. Article in Book: Saito H, Nomura Y. (1989) Screening methods for drug evaluation 3. In: Pharmaceutical Research and Development, edited by Suzuki L, Tanaka H, Yajima H, Fukuda H, Sezaki H, Koga K, Hirobe M, Nakajime T, p. 22, Hirokawa, Tokyo.

Reprints (Twenty offprints) will be provided free of charge for each paper. However additional copies may be purchased if ordered on the printed card which will be sent to the author who corrects the proofs.