The Current Research of Metal Elements in Traditional Chinese Medicine
10.11842/wst.2015.04.027
- VernacularTitle:金属元素在中医药研究中的现状
- Author:
Qianhua LI
;
Shujun SUN
;
Yang WANG
;
Junwei FANG
;
Ningning DENG
;
Yongyu ZHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Traditional Chinese medicine;
metal or semi-metal element;
trace elements;
metallomics
- From:
World Science and Technology-Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2015;17(4):901-906
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Metal or semi-metal elements have numerous physiological and biochemical properties and have correlations with the process of occurrence and development of Zheng and Chinese herbal medicine pharmacodynamics mechanism. This article will expound the current situation of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) research based on metal elements from the researches of Zheng, medicine theory, pharmacodynamic mechanism, prescription principles, medicine concocted theory and medicine quality control in TCM. In addition to putting forward the shortages of current researches, we also introduce metallomics, the member of Omics in systems biology to offer a new idea for modernization of TCM based on metal elements.