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ReviewPharmaceutics2025

Computer-Aided Drug Design in Research on Chinese Materia Medica: Methods, Applications, Advantages, and Challenges.

Ban Chen, Shuangshuang Liu, Huiyin Xia, Xican Li, Yingqing Zhang

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Review in Pharmaceutics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Ban ChenKey Laboratory of Fermentation Engineering (Ministry of Education), Cooperative Innovation Centre of Industrial Fermentation (Ministry of Education & Hubei Province), Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6830-0999
Shuangshuang LiuKey Laboratory of Fermentation Engineering (Ministry of Education), Cooperative Innovation Centre of Industrial Fermentation (Ministry of Education & Hubei Province), Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, China.
Huiyin XiaKey Laboratory of Fermentation Engineering (Ministry of Education), Cooperative Innovation Centre of Industrial Fermentation (Ministry of Education & Hubei Province), Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, China.
Xican LiSchool of Chinese Herbal Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510006, China.
Yingqing ZhangKey Laboratory of Fermentation Engineering (Ministry of Education), Cooperative Innovation Centre of Industrial Fermentation (Ministry of Education & Hubei Province), Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5771-0631

Funding

Doctoral Research Initiation Grant of Hubei University of Technology XJ2022004001Hubei Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China 2023AFB373National Natural Science Foundation of China 82304707
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chinese materia medica (CMM) refers to the medicinal substances used in traditional Chinese medicine. In recent years, CMM has become globally prevalent, and scientific research on CMM has increasingly garnered attention. Computer-aided drug design (CADD) has been employed in Western medicine research for many years, contributing significantly to its progress. However, the role of CADD in CMM research has not been systematically reviewed. This review briefly introduces CADD methods in CMM research from the perspectives of computational chemistry (including quantum chemistry, molecular mechanics, and quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics) and informatics (including cheminformatics, bioinformatics, and data mining). Then, it provides an exhaustive discussion of the applications of these CADD methods in CMM research through rich cases. Finally, the review outlines the advantages and challenges of CADD in CMM research. In conclusion, despite the current challenges, CADD still offers unique advantages over traditional experiments. With the development of the CMM industry and computer science, especially driven by artificial intelligence, CADD is poised to play an increasingly pivotal role in advancing CMM research.

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artificial intelligencecomputational chemistrycomputer-aided techniquesinformaticstraditional Chinese medicine

Identifiers

PMID40142979
PMCPMC11945071

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