The pharmacology of traditional Chinese medicine remains poorly understood. There are still concerns over a number of potentially toxic plants, animal parts, and mineral Chinese medicines. Traditional fingerprinting strategy couldn’t meet the new requirements in the field. The past decade has witnessed remarkable advances in this area. Great attention has been given to biological fingerprinting techniques, which have been developed and utilized in the modern research of traditional Chinese medicine. These techniques are robust, high-throughput and cost-effective in understanding the pharmacology of traditional Chinese medicine. In this review, we present an overview of the recent progress in biological fingerprinting of traditional Chinese medicine. Remarkably, characteristic features of biological fingerprinting techniques are described by comparing with conventional strategy, keeping in mind the current opportunities and challenges in this field.

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中药生物指纹图谱技术

中药的药理学仍然知之甚少。人们仍然担心许多潜在的有毒植物，动物部位和中草药。传统的指纹识别策略无法满足该领域的新要求。过去十年见证了这一领域的显着进步。人们对生物指纹技术给予了极大的关注，该技术已在现代中医药研究中得到开发和利用。这些技术在了解中药的药理学方面是可靠，高通量且具有成本效益的。在这篇综述中，我们概述了中药生物指纹图谱的最新进展。值得注意的是