Traditional Chinese medicine has an obvious effect neural development of drug discovery

Time: 2016-12-07

Source: China's traditional Chinese medicine

Author: liu su

Report from our correspondent (reporter liu su) recently, the Chinese academy of sciences institute of neuroscience, brain science and intelligent technology, Chinese academy of sciences outstanding innovation centre, Hong Kong university of science and technology, state key laboratory of life science and molecular neuroscience, China university of science and technology, automation research institute in the United States the journal cell jointly published an overview paper "the Chinese brain plan: neuroscience, brain disease and brain inspired computing", "program in China" are introduced in basic neuroscience, brain disease and brain inspired computing research progress. Traditional Chinese medicine are introduced in the paper with separate chapters nerve on drug discovery and development of the role.

Paper wrote, for hundreds of years, a lot of literature documented cases of successful treatment of various diseases of traditional Chinese medicine, as a multicomponent drug, may through the role of TCM in a variety of effector and show the treatment effect, so it become a potential drug storehouse. Plants in pharmacognosy, chemical system study and pharmacology, etc, to provide a scientific basis for the practice of traditional Chinese medicine. How to make use of existing technology to understand Chinese medicine? Scientists will use the clinical design, quality control and safety studies further discuss the inherent value of traditional Chinese medicine in clinical drug treatment. Through organized national efforts, China program unique resources of traditional Chinese medicine can be used in the drug discovery and development.