Shandong Science ›› 2021, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (6): 22-31.doi: 10.3976/j.issn.1002-4026.2021.06.004

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Progress of network pharmacology applications in studying the complex mechanisms of action of traditional Chinese medicine

HAN Li-wen(),CHEN Shan-jun,DONG Rong,ZHANG You-gang,WANG Xiao-jing   

  1. College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong First Medical University (Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences), Jinan 250017, China
  • Received:2021-07-19 Published:2021-12-20 Online:2021-12-08

Abstract:

The complex mechanisms of action of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), which are characterized by multilevels and multisystems, have always been a crucial scientific problem in modern research. With the integration of computer technology, systems biology, multidirectional pharmacology, and other disciplines, network pharmacology has formed a core technical system based on network targets, which has established component-target-disease molecular networks and shown great application potential in the modern research of TCM. We reviewed the network construction and analysis technology of network pharmacology, recent research progress in elucidating TCM's pharmacological mechanism of action, and the potential for further development of network pharmacology to provide useful reference for conducting in-depth interpretation of the scientific connotation of TCM.

Key words: network pharmacology, traditional Chinese medicine, mechanism of action, network target, research progress

CLC Number: 

  • R285

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