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ArticleInnovation (Cambridge (Mass.))2025

Artificial intelligence-curated repository of gene-encoded natural diverse components from herbal medicines.

Wei Chen, Zhiyin Yu, Liang Leng, Dan Sun, Hao Liu, Rui-Ze Gong, Zhaotong Cong, Wenke Xiao, Guiyang Zhang, Liu Yang and 36 more

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Article in Innovation (Cambridge (Mass.)), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

46 authors.

Wei ChenInnovative Institute of Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 611137, China.
Zhiyin YuInnovative Institute of Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 611137, China.
Liang LengInnovative Institute of Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 611137, China.
Dan SunInnovative Institute of Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 611137, China.
Hao LiuInnovative Institute of Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 611137, China.
Rui-Ze GongInnovative Institute of Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 611137, China.
Zhaotong CongInnovative Institute of Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 611137, China.
Wenke XiaoInstitute of Herbgenomics, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 611137, China.
Guiyang ZhangInstitute of Herbgenomics, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 611137, China.
Liu YangInstitute of Herbgenomics, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 611137, China.
Fanbo MengInstitute of Herbgenomics, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 611137, China.
Guoqing XuInstitute of Herbgenomics, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 611137, China.
Xiuping YangSchool of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 611137, China.
Qian ChengSchool of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 611137, China.
Zhaoyu LiuInstitute of Herbgenomics, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 611137, China.
Hongtao LiuHubei Shizhen Laboratory, Wuhan 430061, China.
Jun LuSchool of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 611137, China.
Yufei MaoInstitute of Herbgenomics, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 611137, China.
Xiwen LiInstitute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100193, China.
Xinyu TangInstitute of Herbgenomics, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 611137, China.
Dong ZhuInstitute of Herbgenomics, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 611137, China.
Hongguo ChenState Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macau SAR 999078, China.
Zhichao XuCollege of Life Science, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China.
Jiang XuInstitute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
Mengqing ZhangInstitute of Herbgenomics, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 611137, China.
Zhigang HuHubei Shizhen Laboratory, Wuhan 430061, China.
Sanyin ZhangInnovative Institute of Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 611137, China.
Ruolan DuInstitute of Herbgenomics, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 611137, China.
Chao SunInstitute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100193, China.
Jingyuan SongInstitute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100193, China.
Li XiangInstitute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
Hui YaoInstitute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100193, China.
Baosheng LiaoThe Second Clinical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510405, China.
Yifei LiuHubei Shizhen Laboratory, Wuhan 430061, China.
Daqing ZhaoNortheast Asia Research Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Key Laboratory of Active Substances and Biological Mechanisms of Ginseng Efficacy, Ministry of Education, Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Bio-Macromolecules of Chinese Medicine, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun 130117, China.
Hang SuNortheast Asia Research Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Key Laboratory of Active Substances and Biological Mechanisms of Ginseng Efficacy, Ministry of Education, Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Bio-Macromolecules of Chinese Medicine, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun 130117, China.
Huachao BinInnovative Institute of Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 611137, China.
Can WangInnovative Institute of Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 611137, China.
Ting ZhangInnovative Institute of Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 611137, China.
Shengjie YouInstitute of Herbgenomics, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 611137, China.
Zhaohua ShiHubei Shizhen Laboratory, Wuhan 430061, China.
Lingping ZhuInnovative Institute of Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 611137, China.
Sheng-Xiong HuangKey Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Natural Medicines, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China.
Boli ZhangState Key Laboratory of Modern Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China.
Chi SongInnovative Institute of Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 611137, China.
Shilin ChenInnovative Institute of Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 611137, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Natural components, evolved to help organisms adapt and defend against threats, are also vital sources for drug discovery due to their diverse and potent bioactivities. In the present work, we proposed the Gene-encoded Natural Diverse Components Repository (GNDC, https://cbcb.cdutcm.edu.cn/gndc/), a primary and most extensive database dedicated to cataloging diverse natural components. GNDC currently catalogs over 234 million natural components that are organized into four specialized sub-databases: HerbalMDB for 2.32 million secondary metabolites, HerbalPDB for 229 million small peptides, HerbalRDB for 2.38 million small RNAs, and HerbalCDB for 0.26 million carbohydrates. By leveraging customized pipelines for high-throughput multi-omics data and AI technologies, the GNDC enables large-scale discovery and annotation of natural products from nuclear and organellar genomes of species listed in eight global pharmacopoeias and multi-resource data. Compared to existing resources, GNDC achieves a 10-fold increase in component yield and introduces over 200 million previously unreported components. To support this unprecedented data volume and complexity, state-of-the-art AI tools are seamlessly integrated to decipher and annotate vast data collections, such as classification and gene expression signature generation of millions of secondary metabolites. We envision that the GNDC will drive the transformation of drug discovery from an "experience-driven" approach to a "big data-driven" paradigm.

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artificial intelligencecarbohydrateGNDCherbgenomicsmetabolitessmall peptidesmall RNA

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