中药复方药效物质基础研究对阐明中药复方配伍药理机制、促进中药现代化具有十分重要的作用。综述了中药复方药效物质基础研究的途径和方法,即利用拆方、血清药理学、血清药物化学、指纹图谱、药物动力学和代谢物组学等方法,对单体有效成分和有效部位进行研究,为探讨中药复方的药效物质基础提供依据。

To study the potential basis of Chinese herbal formula is very important for elucidating their compatible mechanism and promoting the modernization of Chinese materia medica. The pathway and method in studies on the potential basis of Chinese herbal formula, such as altering prescriptions, serum pharmacology, serum pharmacochemistry, fingerprints, pharmacokinetics, and metabonomics, etc. are summed up in this paper. The above-mentioned pathway and method will provide the significant basis in studying the effective components and fractions in Chinese herbal formula.