title: [Building methodology for discovering and developing Chinese medicine based on network biology].
abstract: In this article, we introduced the concept and technology of network biology and network pharmacology, and proposed the possible strategy for building the methodology for discovering and developing Chinese medicine based on network biology. The concept of network pharmacology of Chinese medicine and its potential application in the modernization of traditional Chinese medicine was also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chinese Medicine Science & Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xiumei
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Boli
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yiyu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cheng
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001695:Biology / Q000379:methods*; D004358:Drug Therapy; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal