title: [Perspective and application of metabonomics in modern study of traditional Chinese medicine].
abstract: Metabonomics is a new method to study on the metabolic network and the relationship between body and environment, which conforms to the way of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) research. In the study process of modernization of traditional Chinese medicine, effectively conjunction with metabonomics method will facilitate the integration of TCM with modern biological science and technology, and promote the modernization of TCM. This paper introduce the application of metabonomics in the research of toxicity mechanism of TCM, compatibility mechanism of TCM formula, pharmacology effect of TCM and processing mechanism of TCM. This paper summarize the problems in the TCM metabonomics research and prospect its bright future.
authors.forename: Kun-Ming
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Lin-Wei
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Mao-Sen
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Guang-Ming
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Ya-Chun
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Shu
authors.forename: Bao-Chang
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Cai
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004358:Drug Therapy; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D055432:Metabolomics / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal