中药化学成分是中医治疗的物质基础。对于中医理论的科学认识,需要大量的化学研究,否则不能进一步阐明其治疗机理。随着科学技术的进步,中药化学成分的分离技术也日臻完善,新技术的广泛使用,使中药化学成分结构的确定时间越来越缩短,也在很大程度上便于微量成分的分离、鉴定。1980年以前关于中药化学成分的研究状况,基本上概括于《中药大辞典》中,1980年以后,则散见于 The chemical composition of traditional Chinese medicine is the material basis of Chinese medicine treatment. For the scientific understanding of TCM theory, a large amount of chemical research is needed, otherwise its treatment mechanism cannot be further elucidated. With the advancement of science and technology, the separation technology of chemical constituents of traditional Chinese medicine is also improving day by day. The widespread use of new technologies has shortened the time for determining the structure of chemical constituents of traditional Chinese medicines, and has also greatly facilitated the separation and identification of trace constituents. Before 1980, the research status of chemical constituents of traditional Chinese medicine was basically summed up in the “Chinese Dictionary of Medicine”. After 1980, it was seen in