Identification of active substances from Traditional Chinese Medicine: state-of-the-art and perspectives

Abstract

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has demonstrated unique advantages in the prevention and treatment of chronic and complex diseases such as cardiovascular and A c c e p t e d https://engine.scichina.com/doi/10.1360/SSV-2021-0398cerebrovascular diseases and diabetes. It has also played a major role in the fight against sudden infectious diseases such as COVID-19. Therefore, how to quickly identify effective constituents from the complex system is the most critical issue in the study of modernization of TCM. Based on this, this article summarizes the rapid identification strategies and multiscale screening models, which provides ideas for analyzing the scientific connotation and explaining the mechanism of TCM.