Zelin LiProfessor Li graduated from College of Pharmacology, Shanghai First Medical University in 1953. Li was a specialist dispatched by Division of Traditional Medicine, West Pacific Regional Office, WHO to give lecture on developing new drugs originating rom herbal drugs in Vietnam in 1990. She identified the action site of plasmodium with electromicroscope autoradiography technology. She also identified that artemisinin series compounds could inhibit the metabolism of nucleic acid in plasmodium with in vitro culture. Li was engaged in studies on the pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics and special toxicity, such as teratogenicity and mutagenicity of artemisinim. Ms. Li was one of the main secretaries of the China Steering Committee of Qinghaosu, participating the design of the project and coordinating the work of individual research group to develop new anti-malaria drugs. Read More Read Less