Deciphering the combination principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine from a systems pharmacology perspective based on Ma-huang Decoction

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 619-638

  Yao, Yao ^a   Zhang, Xiaodong ^b   Wang, Zhenzhong ^c,d   Zheng, Chunli ^f   Li, Peng ^a   Huang, Chao ^a   Tao, Weiyang ^a   Xiao, Wei ^c,d   Wang, Yonghua ^a   Huang, Luqi ^e   Yang, Ling ^e  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Zhejiang Jinju Chemcial Co Ltd   (China)

^c JIANGSU KANION PHARMACEUTICAL CO   (China)

^d State Key Laboratory of New tech for Chinese Medicine Pharmaceutical Process   (China)

^e DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^f NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Combination rule; Systems pharmacology; Traditional Chinese Medicine

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALIN; CAMPHOR; CHALCONE; CINNAMALDEHYDE; CINNAMIC ACID; COUMARIN; DAUCOSTEROL; EPHEDRA SINICA EXTRACT; EPHEDRINE; EPICATECHIN; ESTRONE; GLYCYRRHIZA EXTRACT; HERBACETIN; KAEMPFEROL; METHYLEPHEDRINE; NATURAL PRODUCT; NOREPHEDRINE; NORPSEUDOEPHEDRINE; PIPERITOL; PLANT EXTRACT; PYCNOGENOL; QUERCETIN; RAMULUS CASSIA EXTRACT; RUTOSIDE; SEMEN ARMENIACAE AMARUM EXTRACT; SITOSTEROL; SQUALENE; STIGMASTEROL; TAXIFOLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHINESE HERB; CHINESE MEDICINE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG TARGETING; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DOCKING; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN;

EPHEDRA;

COMBINATION RULE; SYSTEMS PHARMACOLOGY; TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE;

BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EPHEDRA SINICA; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; PHARMACOKINETICS; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 84887440094     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2013.09.018     Document Type: Article

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