生物信息学在中药资源研究中的应用

Application of bioinformatics in study of Chinese medicine resources

20世纪末生命科学迅猛发展所产生海量生物学数据中亟待挖掘的生命科学规律和计算机科学技术的进步,催生了生物信息学(bioinformatics)。中药资源(Chinese medicinal resources),尤其是中药植物资源,是中药产业发展的基础。作为一门新的学科和重要的生命科学研究开发工具,近年来生物信息学在中药资源研究中的应用有了快速的发展,涉及了不同层面的组学,为揭示其中生物学规律提供了新的研究思路、方法技术和强有力的发掘工具,同时加快了中药资源领域的研究和中药产业的发展。文章全面收集汇总了生物信息学在中药资源研究中应用的数据,并对其在中药资源领域的应用进行了展望,以期为中药资源研究提供基础的生物信息学信息。

In the late 20th century, the rapid development of life sciences resulted masses of biological data, in which laws of life sciences urgently needed to be excavated. Together with the progress of computer science and technology, bioinformatics was born. Chinese medicinal resources, especially the plant resources, are the basis for the development of the Chinese pharmaceutical industry. As a new discipline and important life science research tools, bioinformatics applied rapidly in the study of Chinese medicine resources and involved in different aspects of genomics in recent years. Bioinformatics provides a new research approach to reveal the biological principles, methods and techniques and powerful tools of excavation, at the same time it is speeding researches in the field of Chinese medicine resources and the development of the industry. This article summarizes a comprehensive collection of bioinformatics application data in the study of Chinese medicine resources, prospects the application in Chinese medicine resources, and provides a basis bioinformatics information for the study of Chinese medicine resources.