中草药化学成分的研究

Studies on chemical constituents in Chinese herbal medicine

"中草药"是"中药"和"草药"的合成词,虽然"中药"和"草药"就其本质来讲皆源于天然的植物、动物和矿物以及人工创造的生物材料和仿生材料,但两者药用含义有很大的区别。"中药"是以中医药理论为指导使用的药物,有坚实的临床基础和确切的疗效,亦有源于临床实践的独特理论体系。尽管西方药学发展迅速并逐渐取代了世界上大多数国家的民族药学,但中药依然显示出强大的生命力,并正以历史上未曾有过的速度发展,因此,应坚信中草药中存在疾病预防和康复的物质基础。为了揭示中草药的物质基础,即中草药化学成分,人们尝试了许多方法和途径,各有长短,系统性分析和总结这些方法和途径对于中草药化学成分的深入研究和中草药资源的可持续利用皆有重要意义。

The word of named ＂Chinese herbal medicine＂ （CHM） is a compound word or an expression which has included the combined meaning of traditional Chinese medicinal materials （TCMM） and herbal medicine （HM）. The contained entitative means for TCMM and HM are far different in medicinal use, though they are both the origin from plants, animals, some minerals, and a few artificial biomaterials or biomimetic materials. TCMM has been used under the guidance of the traditional Chinese medicine （TCM） theories and has its firm clinical foundation, significant therapeutic effect, and unique system of theory based on the clinical practice. Although the western modern medicine has developed promptly and superseded the national and folk medicines gradually among most countries, TCMM still stands steadily and is bursting with great vitality in the pharmaceutical field all over the world. Nowadays, it is developing more rapidly than at any other times in the past. Therefore, it is in the full conviction that the substantial basis and active chemical constituents or components are present in CI-IM used for the prevention, cure, and healing of various diseases. It is this conviction that leads us to study the chemical constituents or components exhaustively in order to deeply reveal them by a variety of assessment methods and ways which possess the merits and demerits during the tentative use for a long time. So it is very important to systematically summarize and develop these methods and ways for further research of the chemical constituents and sustained utilization of the biological resources of CHM.