Approaches in studying the pharmacology of Chinese Medicine formulas: bottom-up, top-down-and meeting in the middle

• Main Authors: Tao Huang (Author), Linda L. D. Zhong (Author), Chen-Yuan Lin (Author), Ling Zhao (Author), Zi-Wan Ning (Author), Dong-Dong Hu (Author), Man Zhang (Author), Ke Tian (Author), Chung-Wah Cheng (Author), Zhao-Xiang Bian (Author), for MZRW Research Group (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Investigating the pharmacology is key to the modernization of Chinese Medicine (CM) formulas. However, identifying which are the active compound(s) of CM formulas, which biological entities they target, and through which signaling pathway(s) they act to modify disease symptoms, are still di...