title: A causal discovery approach to identifying active components of herbal medicine.
abstract: In the present study, a stepwise causal adjacent relationship discovery (STEPCARD) method has been developed to identify active components of herbal medicine. The combination of two active components had been successfully recognized from a typical Chinese formulation. Animal experiments validated the computational result. It indicates current work might be helpful to accelerate the process of new drug discovery from herbal medicine.
authors.affiliation: College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xuewei
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yiyu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cheng