Metabonomics and Its Application in TCM Study
代谢物组学研究进展及其在中医药研究中的应用展望

Metabonomics, since its birth,has found increasing applications in numerous areas, including drug toxicity,disease diagnosis, and system biology. Metabonomics studies biological functions, looking into metabolism as a whole. It shares some similarities with the TCM theory. The roadmap presented by metabonomics makes a good reference for improving the understanding of TCM syndromes and therapeutic mechanisms of herbal medicines. In this paper,authors reviewed the past results of metabonomic studies, and proposed to extend applications of metabonomics to TCM.