Chinese Medicinal Chemistry (New Century National Higher TCM Planning Textbook): (New Century National Higher TCM Planning Textbook)

Author: Kuang Haixue
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: This book is a national-level planning teaching material for higher education under the "15th Five-Year Plan" and a new century planning teaching material for TCM higher education, organized and written by the Ministry of Education and the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine. According to the requirements of the training objectives and the teaching syllabus, the content primarily focuses on traditional Chinese medicine, emphasizing the basic theories, knowledge, and skills of the structure, properties, extraction and separation, detection, and structural determination of important types of chemical components. It also highlights the characteristics of TCM, emphasizes the role of traditional Chinese medicine chemistry in realizing the modernization and industrialization of traditional Chinese medicine, and introduces new ideas and methods for the modernization research of traditional Chinese medicine. It reflects the latest achievements, technologies, and developments in this discipline both domestically and internationally, as well as the application of new theories and technologies from related disciplines. It introduces cutting-edge knowledge and content in a positive and prudent manner. Based on the characteristics of this discipline as an applied basic science, it fully emphasizes practicality, ensuring the systematicity and completeness of the knowledge while striving to align the content with the needs of current practical work.
Building on the previously published planning teaching materials for traditional Chinese medicine majors in higher education, this book has undergone significant adjustments to its content. Each important type of chemical component is introduced in chapters organized according to its biosynthetic pathway. Chapters are established for phenylpropanoid compounds, triterpenoid compounds, steroidal compounds, tannins, and so on. Additionally, to facilitate students' understanding of issues related to traditional Chinese medicine compound research, a chapter on the study of the pharmacodynamic material basis of traditional Chinese medicine compounds has been added. Specific content in each chapter has also been adjusted and revised.