Construction of Traditional Chinese Medicine Database based on ISIS Base

This article describes the construction of a Traditional Chinese Medicine Database based on ISIS Base. It offers not only basic compound properties such as English name and synonyms, physical properties, bioactivity data, formula, molecular weight, CAS Registry Number and 2D structure of the molecule but also detailed information on their natural sources, including Latin name, English name, pinyin name, used part, indication, family, and curative effect. The schema design and data transformation based on XML are described. And the constructed TCM database is also introduced. The plant information in database is helpful for understanding the mechanism of the Traditional Chinese Medicine and relationship between Traditional Chinese Medicine and western medicine.