Studies on chemical constituents in Chinese herbal medicine
- VernacularTitle:中草药化学成分的研究
- Author:
Xiuwei YANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
traditional Chinese medicinal materials(TCMM);
herbal medicine(HM);
chemical cons-tituent
- From:
Chinese Traditional and Herbal Drugs
1994;0(07):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
The word of named "Chinese herbal medicine"(CHM)is a compound word or an expression which has included the combined meaning of traditional Chinese medicinal materials(TCMM)and herbal medicine(HM).The contained entitative means for TCMM and HM are far different in medicinal use,though they are both the origin from plants,animals,some minerals,and a few artificial biomaterials or biomimetic materials.TCMM has been used under the guidance of the traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)theories and has its firm clinical foundation,significant therapeutic effect,and unique system of theory based on the clinical practice.Although the western modern medicine has developed promptly and superseded the national and folk medicines gradually among most countries,TCMM still stands steadily and is bursting with great vitality in the pharmaceutical field all over the world.Nowadays,it is developing more rapidly than at any other times in the past.Therefore,it is in the full conviction that the substantial basis and active chemical constituents or components are present in CHM used for the prevention,cure,and healing of various diseases.It is this conviction that leads us to study the chemical constituents or components exhaustively in order to deeply reveal them by a variety of assessment methods and ways which possess the merits and demerits during the tentative use for a long time.So it is very important to systematically summarize and develop these methods and ways for further research of the chemical cons-tituents and sustained utilization of the biological resources of CHM.
