"四气五味"是中药药性理论的核心内容之一，应用现代仿生技术阐释中药性味的科学内涵是中药现代化研究的重要内容。近年来发展起来的电子舌、电子鼻等仿生技术是判定滋味、气味等的客观方法，基于中药"五味"的滋味、气味内涵，对电子鼻、电子舌等仿生技术的工作原理、研究方法以及在中药性味物质基础的辨识，中药基原品种、产地、生长时期、储藏年限以及炮制工艺等方面的应用进展进行综述，并结合本课题组对中药五味药性表征的实践，提出中药五味药性物质基础界定和表征的基本研究模式，为中药五味药性研究提供可参照的技术方法。

Four properties and five tastes are the core content of medicinal theory of Chinese materia medica (CMM), and it is important for modern study of CMM to elucidate the scientific connotation of five tastes based on the application of bionic technology. With the development of bionic technology, electronic nose and electronic tongue have become the objective method to determine the taste and smell in recent years. Based on the taste and odour connotation of five tastes of CMM, the working principle, research method, and identification of flavor substances in CMM of electronic nose and electronic tongue were summarized, and the progress on original variety, production place, growth period, storage life and processing technology of CMM were reviewed in this article. Combined with the practice of our research group on the characterization of medicinal properties, the basic research model of the definition and characterization of the five tastes of effective materials basis was proposed, which would provide a reference method for the medicinal research on five tastes of CMM.

国家自然科学基金资助项目（81430096）