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To: HarperLee who wrote (11346)2/2/1999 11:06:00 AM
From: DR. MEADE  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 25711
 
Tuesday February 2, 10:30 am Eastern Time

Company Press Release
SOURCE: Advanced Plant Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Advanced Plant Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - APPI - Announces the Signing of
Agreement with TechWave Inc. (ShopNow.com).

NEW YORK, Feb. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Advanced Plant Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
(OTC Bulletin Board: APPI - news) announced today that they have signed
an agreement with TechWave Inc., the parent Company of ShopNow.com.

Advanced Plant Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in continuation with their internet
marketing campaign, has signed an agreement with TechWave Inc., parent
Company of ShopNow.com. APPI's current line of all natural,
standardized, pharmaceutical grade nutritional supplements will be
available for purchase by ShopNow.com visitors via an advertising link
on ShopNow.com directly to APPI's web site and secure order form.

Initially APPI will make available to all ShopNow.com shoppers their
fully standardized, pharmaceutical grade, patented, cholesterol lowering
agent ''Lo-Chol''. Lo-Chol is a combination of six different botanicals
and has been shown to not only lower total cholesterol and
triglycerides, but also increase HDL (good cholesterol) and balance the
proportion of HDL to LDL (bad cholesterol). APPI will also introduce
their standardized pharmaceutical grade Garlic and ''ACA'' the
nutritional version of Abavca the Company's most clinically advanced
pharmaceutical. ACA is derived exclusively from whole plants and has
been shown to overcome many of the debilitating symptoms of HIV patients
and CFS (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) while enhancing the immune system.
All APPI products are manufactured using APPI's patent pending 13 step
proprietary process which creates the best nutritional supplements known
to man. APPI's manufacturing process leaves the chemical formation of
the Whole Plant in tact, whpharmaceutical grade, patented, cholesterol
lowering agent ''Lo-Chol''. Lo-Chol is a combination of six

The total nutritional supplement market is estimated to be in excess of
23 billion dollars annually in the USA. The CFS and Immune markets are
estimated to be in excess of 6 billion dollars annually. The cholesterol
market in the USA is estimated to be in excess of 4 billion annually.

Chief Operating Officer for APPI Barry Clare sees the signing of the
TechWave agreement as an exciting marketing tool for the Company's
products and technology. Mr. Clare believes that APPI's visibility on
the internet will create inroads for future more conventional sales of
Advanced Plant Pharmaceutical products.

The company expects to announce further agreements in the near future.
APPI is a company that develops innovative plant formulations and
technology for clinical application. APPI has met FDA nutritional
specifications for the marketing of its Lo-Chol in the USA, and has
received the first IND from the FDA for a whole plant pharmaceutical
which has potential as an immunomodulater in the treatment of patients
infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

APPI's Whole Plant Pharmaceutical Grade Process is trade secret and
patent pending. Utilization of the APPI process converts a whole plant
into the best standardized pharmaceutical grade product.

TechWave Inc. is the leader in connecting buyers and sellers worldwide
by providing easy-to-use, cost effective commerce solutions. As an
experienced e-Commerce outsourcing and marketing company, TechWave
enables businesses and consumers to sell or buy anything, at anytime,
worldwide. TechWave develops cutting-edge technology, innovative
merchant services, and creative distribution systems to help companies
sell products and services online.

What makes TechWave the complete e-Commerce outsourcing and marketing
company is TechWave's dedication to helping retailers, catalog
companies, computer companies, and product manufacturers reach new
potential customers. TechWave has developed one of the most extensive
sales networks on the Internet today: The ShopNow Network. This vast
network is comprised of over 15,000 stores found on ShopNow.com and
various Internet sites operating under its clients' Internet address.

This press release contains forward-looking statements. Such statements
are subject to certain risks and uncertainties and actual results could
differ materially from those expressed in any of the forward-looking
statements.

SOURCE: Advanced Plant Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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