title: [Study on decomposed recipes of traditional Chinese medicine].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To introduce and analyze the present status of research on decomposed recipes of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).
  
  
  METHODS
  The relevant literature on the study of the decomposed recipes of TCM in the past five years was collected and analyzed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Studies on the decomposed recipes of TCM have been made from the whole body level to the organ, cell and molecular research level. The pharmacological research in vitro is the main way and quantitative changes of the chemical ingredients have been measured before and after composition. It is very important to combine the modern science and technology in exploring the composing mechanisms of TCM remedies.
authors.affiliation: Experimental Education Center, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200032, China.
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Jian-Rong
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Shi
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D002681:China; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends