代谢组学在中医药现代化研究中的应用

Application of metabonomics in modern study of traditional Chinese medicine

代谢组学是研究机体代谢网络和代谢产物与机体所处环境之间联系的重要方法,与传统中医药学的思维方法有一定的趋同性。在中医药现代化研究中,有效地契合代谢组学研究方法,将加快传统中医药与现代生命科学技术的结合,推动中医药现代化。文章主要从代谢组学的概念、代谢组学在中医证候、中药物质基础、中药作用机制、中药毒性和安全性研究中的应用等方面予以阐述。

Metabonomics is a new method to study on the metabolic network and the relationship between body metabolism and environment, which conforms to the way of thinking of traditional Chinese medicine （TCM）. In the studies of modernization of traditional Chinese medicine, effectively conjunction with metabonomics method will facilitate the integration of TCM with modern biological science and technology, and promote the modernization of TCM.