ABSTRACT
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) products are the finished products by adopting certain preparation processes according to the profile of the herbs, with Chinese herbs or decoction pieces as the raw materials.Among their adverse reactions to the organs, hepatotoxicity can not be ignored. As a new stage of quality control in TCM, dynamic quality control system of the multidemensional structure process emphasized on the research of the effectiveness and safety, focused on the pretreatment, preparation process,dosage forms and drug delivery methods to control the quality of TCM preparation products and reduce the generation of hepatotoxicity.In this paper, we will start from these factors to discuss the causes of hepatotoxicity underlying drug products and hope to provide the reference for developing low toxicity and high quality modern Chinese medicine products.
ABSTRACT
Traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) preparation is one of the most important aspects in the development and quality control of traditional Chinese medicine, and its security problem becomes more and more serious. It is worthy to note that the liver, as the main drug metabolic organ, bears the brunt of the damage caused by TCM preparations. In this paper, the author attempts to explore the relationship between TCM preparations and hepatotoxicity based on the processing chains from crude drugs to the end product. Besides, the author hopes to clarify the underlying mechanism of hepatotoxicity of TCM preparations and provide basis and guidance for the quality control and rational clinical use of the preparations as well as the development of modern TCM preparations with high quality and low toxicity.