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Network Pharmacology, 2017, 2(2): 17-37
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Network pharmacology of medicinal attributes and functions of Chinese herbal medicines: (I) Basic statistics of medicinal attributes and functions for more than 1100 Chinese herbal medicines

WenJun Zhang
School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China; International Academy of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Hong Kong

Received 18 March 2017;Accepted 20 April 2017;Published 1 June 2017
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Abstract
Based on the Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China, Chinese Materia Medica, and other resources, I collected a total of 1127 Chinese herbal medicines mainly with recorded chemical composition. Of which 210 families and approximately 2000 species of medicinal plants and fungi were involved. According to the comparison, in total of 69 medicinal attributes (Shu Xing) and 78 medicinal functions (Gon Xiao), including 22 medicinal organs or tissues, 7 taste attributes, 5 medicinal properties, 1 toxicity attribute, 22 chemical composition categories, 12 meridians and collaterals (Gui Jing), and 78 medicinal functions were determined. All of the Chinese herbal medicines were numerically coded according to drug name, species, family, 69 medicinal attributes and 78 medicinal functions. Finally, an interactive coding database, CHM-DATA, which contains 8 tables, was obtained. Statistics, e.g., totals, frequencies or probabilities, percentages, etc., were calculated on the basis of total population of medicines and families.

Keywords Chinese herbal medicines;plants;fungi;medicinal attributes;medicinal functions;statistics.

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