title: Application of metabolomics technology in the research of Chinese medicine.
abstract: In recent years, a novel analytical technology, metabolomics is widely used in the modern research of Chinese medicine (CM). Metabolomics adopts a "top-down" strategy to reflect the function of organisms from terminal symptoms of metabolic network and understand metabolic changes of a complete system caused by interventions. As a holistic approach, metabolomics technology, including nuclear magnetic resonance, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry, favorable to express the meaning of basic theories of CM, CM syndrome and Chinese herb. Therefore, we believe that metabolomics technology will greatly benefit to development for the research of CM in the light of modern sciences.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Resource and Compoumd Prescription of the Ministry of Education, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, 430065, China.
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Resource and Compoumd Prescription of the Ministry of Education, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, 430065, China. lp_wh2008@126.com.
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D055432:Metabolomics; D012106:Research
keywords: Chinese herb; Chinese medicine syndrome; Chinese medicine theory; metabolomics