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Effective compounds group of Chinese materia medica (CMM) is a pharmacological active compounds group containing all components that are closely related to their clinical application. It plays a core role in CMM formula. We think it maintains not only the characteristics of the whole system and the system integrity of CMM formula, but also their chemical compositions are clear. However, due to the complexity of CMM, the successful research cases are very few. In this paper, we summarized several outstanding research cases of effective compounds group in recent years and there are three strategies, including "research on decomposed-combined recipes of CMM based on assessment of chemical components in CMM way", "screening the effective components group based on knock-in and knock-out from chromatographic fingerprint", and "screening the effective components group based on serum pharmacochemistry". We also summarized the ways to illustrate properties of effective compounds group, such as combination of multiple component, clear chemical composition, and system integrity. This paper provided ideas for the future research of effective components of CMM.
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AIM:To compare the difference between Shuxiong Tablet(Radix et Rhizoma notoginseng,Flos Carthami,Rhizoma Chuanxiong)(SXT) and its effective compounds group(SECG) in anti-inflammatory,relieving pain,anticoagulation,anti-thrombus and myocardial protection.METHODS:We adopted experiments of carrageenan-induced paw edema,hot water shrink trail,clotting time in mice,and thrombus in arteriovenous shut,and pituitrin induced acute myocardial ischemia in rats.RESULTS:Both of SXT and SECG could inhibit the tumefaction,decrease PGE_2 and SOD in inflammatory tissue;enhance the pain threshhold of mice;extend clotting time;inhibit the thrombosis;inhibit myocardial ischemia,significantly decrease CK,LDH,MDA and increase SOD in myocardial tissue.CONCLUSION:SXT and SECG have the same effects on anti-inflammatory,relieving pain,anticoagulation,anti-thrombus and myocardial protection.Further more,their dose-response relationship curves were similar,suggesting that SECG having the main effective components of SXT,could take place of SXT in clinical research.