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ArticleDatabase : the journal of biological databases and curation2026

TCMToxDB: a comprehensive database for the toxicological analysis of traditional Chinese medicines.

Yongzheng Zhu, Laihao Fang, Yunbo Miao, Longfei Ma, Rong Sun, Yimin Mao, Wei Guo, Jun Wang, Guoxian Yu

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Yongzheng ZhuSchool of Software, Shandong University, 1500 Shunhua Road, 250101, Shandong, China.
Laihao FangSchool of Software, Shandong University, 1500 Shunhua Road, 250101, Shandong, China.
Yunbo MiaoSchool of Software, Shandong University, 1500 Shunhua Road, 250101, Shandong, China.
Longfei MaSchool of Software, Shandong University, 1500 Shunhua Road, 250101, Shandong, China.
Rong SunThe Second Hospital of Shandong University, Shandong University, 247 North Park Street, 250000, Shandong, China.
Yimin MaoRenji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 160 Pujian Road, 200127, Shanghai, China.
Wei GuoSDU-NTU Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research, Shandong University, 1500 Shunhua Road, 250101, Shandong, China.
Jun WangSDU-NTU Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research, Shandong University, 1500 Shunhua Road, 250101, Shandong, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5890-0365
Guoxian YuSchool of Software, Shandong University, 1500 Shunhua Road, 250101, Shandong, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1667-6705

Funding

National Key Research and Development Program of China 2022YFC3502101National Key Research and Development Program of China 2023YFF0725500National Natural Science Foundation of China 62272276National Natural Science Foundation of China 62432006National Natural Science Foundation of China 62531013Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation ZR2024JQ001Taishan Scholars Program tsqn202306007Taishan Scholars Program tsqn202408317
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The safety and modernization of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) are significant concerns for human beings. Recently, the adverse effects caused by the use of certain TCMs have been frequently reported. Although TCMs may cause toxic reactions, they also play critical roles in treating multiple complex diseases. Therefore, toxicity research is urgently needed for the safe usage of TCMs. However, existing databases for TCMs primarily focus on the pharmacological effects of TCMs, with limited attention to the toxicity. They neither distinguish the toxic effects of formulas, herbs, and ingredients, nor classify and summarize targets for specific toxic manifestations, or assemble evidence from previous studies. We developed TCMToxDB, a comprehensive database that focuses on the toxicity and safe usage of TCMs. TCMToxDB systematically integrates and analyses the research results of toxic TCMs, offering users diverse information acquisition and analysis services. In addition, it assembles five canonical herb-target and ingredient-target interaction prediction algorithms with different advantages, which support the prediction of toxic targets of herbs and ingredients to empower the toxicity research of TCMs and to meet users' personal needs. TCMToxDB is accessible at https://www.sdu-idea.cn/TCMToxDB.

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Databases, FactualDrugs, Chinese HerbalMedicine, Chinese TraditionalAnimalsBiocurationHumansDrugs, Chinese Herbal

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PMID41987665
PMCPMC13083690

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