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Analysis on herbal medicines utilized for treatment of COVID-19

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As coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic poses a substantial global public health threat,traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) was used in 91.50％ of the COVID-19 cases in China,showing encouraging results in improving symptom management and reducing the deterioration,mortality,and recurrence rates.A total of 166 modified herbal formulae consisting of 179 single herbal medicines were collected for treating COVID-19 in China.Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizome,Scutellariae Radix,and Armeniacae Semen Amarum are the most frequently utilized in clinics,most of which are antipyretic (47,26.26％),expectorant and cough-suppressing (22,12.29％),and dampness-resolving (21,11.73％) from traditional descriptions.A total of 1212 chemical components containing β-sitosterol,stigmasterol,and quercetin were primarily selected.Additionally,using complex system entropy and unsupervised hierarchical clustering,8 core herbal combinations and 10 new formulae emerged as potentially useful candidates for COVID-19.Finally,following scaffold analysis,self-organizing mapping (SOM) and cluster analysis,12 clusters of molecules yielded 8 pharmacophore families of structures that were further screened as pharmacological targets in human metabolic pathways for inhibiting coronavirus.This article aims to make more easily accessible and share historical herbal knowledge used in contemporary treatments in a modern manner to assist researchers contain the global spread of COVID-19.

COVID-19Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)Herbal medicinesClustering analysisScaffold analysis

Lu Luo、Jingwen Jiang、Cheng Wang、Martin Fitzgerald、Weifeng Hu、Yumei Zhou、Hui Zhang、Shilin Chen

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Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China

West China Biomedical Big Data Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041 China

Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College,Beijing 100006, China

Ashdale Clinic, Cork T12 T2VK, Ireland

The Third Clinical Medical College, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310000, China

The Fourth Clinical Medical College of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 518033, China

Akupunktur Akademiet, Aabyhoej 8230, Denmark

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2020

药学学报(英文版)

药学学报(英文版)

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年,卷(期)：2020.10(7)
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