Target network differences between western drugs and Chinese herbal ingredients in treating cardiovascular disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Western drugs have achieved great successes in CVDs treatment. However, they may lead to some side effects and drug resistance. On the other hand, more and more studies found that Traditional Chinese herbs have efficient therapeutic effects for CVDs, while their therapeutic mechanism is still not very clear. It may be a good view towards molecules, targets and network to decipher whether difference exists between anti-CVD western drugs and Chinese herbal ingredients.

Results

Anti-CVD western drugs and Chinese herbal ingredients, as well as their targets were thoroughly collected in this work. The similarities and the differences between the herbal ingredients and the western drugs were deeply explored based on three target-based perspectives including biochemical

SUBMITTER: Fu P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4095000 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature