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ArticleNucleic acids research2019

ETCM: an encyclopaedia of traditional Chinese medicine.

Hai-Yu Xu, Yan-Qiong Zhang, Zhen-Ming Liu, Tong Chen, Chuan-Yu Lv, Shi-Huan Tang, Xiao-Bo Zhang, Wei Zhang, Zhi-Yong Li, Rong-Rong Zhou and 3 more

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 439 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

439 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Hai-Yu XuInstitute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
Yan-Qiong ZhangInstitute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
Zhen-Ming LiuState Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China.
Tong ChenNational Resource Center for Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
Chuan-Yu LvState Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China.
Shi-Huan TangInstitute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
Xiao-Bo ZhangNational Resource Center for Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
Wei ZhangInstitute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
Zhi-Yong LiChina Minority Traditional Medical Center, Minzu University of China, Beijing 100081, China.
Rong-Rong ZhouChina Minority Traditional Medical Center, Minzu University of China, Beijing 100081, China.
Hong-Jun YangInstitute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
Xiu-Jie WangKey Laboratory of Genetic Networks, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
Lu-Qi HuangNational Resource Center for Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is not only an effective solution for primary health care, but also a great resource for drug innovation and discovery. To meet the increasing needs for TCM-related data resources, we developed ETCM, an Encyclopedia of Traditional Chinese Medicine. ETCM includes comprehensive and standardized information for the commonly used herbs and formulas of TCM, as well as their ingredients. The herb basic property and quality control standard, formula composition, ingredient drug-likeness, as well as many other information provided by ETCM can serve as a convenient resource for users to obtain thorough information about a herb or a formula. To facilitate functional and mechanistic studies of TCM, ETCM provides predicted target genes of TCM ingredients, herbs, and formulas, according to the chemical fingerprint similarity between TCM ingredients and known drugs. A systematic analysis function is also developed in ETCM, which allows users to explore the relationships or build networks among TCM herbs, formulas,ingredients, gene targets, and related pathways or diseases. ETCM is freely accessible at http://www.nrc.ac.cn:9090/ETCM/. We expect ETCM to develop into a major data warehouse for TCM and to promote TCM related researches and drug development in the future.

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Databases, PharmaceuticalDrugs, Chinese HerbalMedicine, Chinese TraditionalDiseaseDrug DiscoveryHumansUser-Computer InterfaceDrugs, Chinese Herbal

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PMCPMC6323948

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