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Table 1 The application of Chinmedomics in the diagnosis of syndromes/diseases

From: Chinmedomics: a potent tool for the evaluation of traditional Chinese medicine efficacy and identification of its active components

Syndromes/diseases

Diseases/syndromes biomarkers

Metabolic pathways

References

Jaundice syndrome

(JS)

dimethyl guan (purine) glycoside, indole glutamine, corticosterone tetrol-3-glucosidic acid, pregnanediol-3-glucosidic acid, etc

Alanine, aspartate, and glutamate metabolism and synthesis and degradation of ketone bodies were found to be disturbed

[56]

Liver-depression and spleen-deficiency syndrome

(LSS)

prolylhydroxyproline, L-homocystine, 2-octenoylcarnitine and α-N-phenylacetyl-L-glutamine, etc

Pentose and glucuronate interconversions, ascorbate, aldarate, cysteine, methionine, tyrosine, tryptophan, amino sugar, and nucleotide sugar metabolism

[57]

Alzheimer's disease (AD)

Acetoacetyl-CoA, 21-Deoxycortisol, 9(10)-EpOME, 3α-Hydroxy-5β-androstan-17-one, PGF2α, etc

Linoleic acid metabolism, Arachidonic acid metabolism, Butanoate metabolism, Sphingolipid metabolism, Synthesis and degradation of ketone bodies, Steroid biosynthesis have the largest impact pathways

[58]

Alcoholic liver disease

(ALD)

L-Methionine, N-Methyl-2-pyridone-5-carboxamide, N-acetylphosphinothricin, N-(Acetyloxy) benzenamine, 3-Indole carboxylic acid glucuronide, etc

The detailed construction of the perturbed pathways of pentose and glucuronate interconversions, starch and sucrose metabolism, cysteine, and methionine metabolism with a higher score

[59]

Colorectal cancer (CRC)

Acetyl-L-carnitine, Linoleic acid, 2-hydroxybutyric acid, 15(S)-HETE, 6-deoxocastasterone, etc

Linoleic acid metabolism, Retinol metabolism, Propanoate metabolism, Arachidonic acid metabolism, Biosynthesis of unsaturated fatty acids, and purine metabolism

[60]

Endometriosis of cold coagulation and blood stasis

(ECB)

3,4-Dihydroxymandelaldehyde, Kynurenic acid, Citric acid, L-Tyrosine, L-Leucine, etc

Phenylalanine, Tyrosine and tryptophan biosynthesis, Valine, leucine, and isoleucine biosynthesis, Glyoxylate and dicarboxylate Metabolism, Tyrosine metabolism, etc

[61]

Coronary heart disease

(CHD)

33 lipid molecular species involving 6 fatty acids, 21 glycerophospholipids and 6 sphingolipids have significant differences in the serum

Glycerophospholipid metabolism, Sphingolipid metabolism and fatty acids metabolism

[62, 63]

Spleen qi deficiency syndrome

(SQDS)

1-Pyrroline-2-carboxylic acid, 3-Hydroxyanthranilic acid, L-Canaline, Bergaptol, Taurocholic acid, etc

13 metabolic pathways including arachidonic acid metabolism, tryptophan metabolism, etc

[64]

Yang Huang syndrome

(YHS)

Pyridoxal, Hydroxyphenyl acetylglycine, 7,8-dihydropteroic acid, 1,2-benzoquinone, 5-methoxytryptophan, etc

22 metabolic pathways involving tyrosine metabolism, taurine and hypotaurine metabolism, ubiquinone and other terpenoid-quinone biosynthesis, glutathione metabolism, etc

[65]

Hyperthyroidism

Cholic acid, Hyocholic acid, Linoleic acid, Linoelaidic acid, SphingosineCoprostanol, etc

Lipid metabolism, Fatty acid metabolism, Amino acid metabolism, Nucleotide metabolism, etc

[66]

Blood stasis syndrome

Sumiki’s acid, Imidazole-4-acet-aldehyde, Gamma-delta-Di-oxovaleric acid, Glutaconic acid, Oxoadipic acid, etc

Tyrosine metabolism, Taurine and hypotaurine metabolism, Phenylalanine metabolism, Arachidonic acid metabolism, etc

[67]