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ReviewPharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Network Pharmacology-Driven Sustainability: AI and Multi-Omics Synergy for Drug Discovery in Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Lifang Yang, Hanye Wang, Zhiyao Zhu, Ye Yang, Yin Xiong, Xiuming Cui, Yuan Liu

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Review in Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Lifang YangCenter for Translational Research in Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China.
Hanye WangFaculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China.ORCID 0000-0002-4897-8732
Zhiyao ZhuFaculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China.
Ye YangFaculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China.
Yin XiongFaculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6540-8267
Xiuming CuiFaculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China.
Yuan LiuFaculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China.

Funding

he Major Science and Technology Special Project of Yunnan Province 202202AG050021
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), a holistic medical system rooted in dialectical theories and natural product-based therapies, has served as a cornerstone of healthcare systems for millennia. While its empirical efficacy is widely recognized, the polypharmacological mechanisms stemming from its multi-component nature remain poorly characterized. The conventional trial-and-error approaches for bioactive compound screening from herbs raise sustainability concerns, including excessive resource consumption and suboptimal temporal efficiency. The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and multi-omics technologies with network pharmacology (NP) has emerged as a transformative methodology aligned with TCM's inherent "multi-component, multi-target, multi-pathway" therapeutic characteristics. This convergent review provides a computational framework to decode complex bioactive compound-target-pathway networks through two synergistic strategies, (i) NP-driven dynamics interaction network modeling and (ii) AI-enhanced multi-omics data mining, thereby accelerating drug discovery and reducing experimental costs. Our analysis of 7288 publications systematically maps NP-AI-omics integration workflows for natural product screening. The proposed framework enables sustainable drug discovery through data-driven compound prioritization, systematic repurposing of herbal formulations via mechanism-based validation, and the development of evidence-based novel TCM prescriptions. This paradigm bridges empirical TCM knowledge with mechanism-driven precision medicine, offering a theoretical basis for reconciling traditional medicine with modern pharmaceutical innovation.

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artificial intelligencemulti-omicsnetwork pharmacologysustainable drug discoverytraditional Chinese medicine

Identifiers

PMID40732361
PMCPMC12298991

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