亚洲传统医药 ›› 2025, Vol. 20 ›› Issue (3): 121-129.

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Applications of metabonomics in traditional Chinese medicine

  

  • 出版日期:2025-06-30 发布日期:2025-07-09

Applications of metabonomics in traditional Chinese medicine

  • Online:2025-06-30 Published:2025-07-09

摘要:

Metabonomics, a key aspect of systems biology, offers novel approaches for early diagnosis, pharmacotherapy, and health management in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). This paper summarizes its applications in establishing TCM quality standards, exploring material basis, clarifying mechanism, and assessing toxicity. By profiling TCM and its metabolites, metabonomics comprehensively captures chemical traits, enhancing quality evaluation precision. It also tracks metabolic  dynamics to understand TCM’s absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion, thereby facilitating the identification of active components and their underlying mechanisms. In toxicity assessment, metabonomics uncovers hepatic and renal toxicity while  elucidating potential mechanisms. In summary, metabonomics fosters TCM modernization and globalization, serving as a pivotal tool for advancing research and development. 

关键词: metabonomics, traditional Chinese medicine, quality control, pharmacodynamic mechanism, toxicity evaluation

Abstract:

Metabonomics, a key aspect of systems biology, offers novel approaches for early diagnosis, pharmacotherapy, and health management in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). This paper summarizes its applications in establishing TCM quality standards, exploring material basis, clarifying mechanism, and assessing toxicity. By profiling TCM and its metabolites, metabonomics comprehensively captures chemical traits, enhancing quality evaluation precision. It also tracks metabolic  dynamics to understand TCM’s absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion, thereby facilitating the identification of active components and their underlying mechanisms. In toxicity assessment, metabonomics uncovers hepatic and renal toxicity while  elucidating potential mechanisms. In summary, metabonomics fosters TCM modernization and globalization, serving as a pivotal tool for advancing research and development. 

Key words: metabonomics, traditional Chinese medicine, quality control, pharmacodynamic mechanism, toxicity evaluation