Retrospective Analysis on the Developing Trend of Chinese Materia Medica in 2003 / 中国药房

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the developing trend of Chinese materia medica in 2003 and the main research hotspots retrospectively. METHODS: The published articles in 2003 issues of 4 kinds of Journals included in (2000) were taken as statistical sources. The titles and key words were selected manually and statistic study was made using word frequency analysis method. RESULTS &CONLUSION: Pharmaceutical analysis, chemical constituents and pharmacology of Chinese traditional medicines are the main research hotspots in 2003; The quality control of Chinese traditional medicines, chemical constituents of Chinese medicinal herbs, the development of drugs against tumor and cardiovascular disease will be the main researches in Chinese materia medica.