TCMDATA: Traditional Chinese Medicine Data Analysis and Visualization

Nan He, Guangchuang Yu, Shuangbin Xu
Department of Bioinformatics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University

2026-10-15

Preface

Welcome to the TCMDATA user guide.

TCMDATA is an integrated R package for TCM pharmacology data retrieval, network analysis, and visualization. This guide walks you through installation, core functionality, and advanced workflows.

Installation

Install the development version from GitHub:

# install.packages("remotes")
options(timeout = 600)
remotes::install_github("YuLab-SMU/TCMDATA")

Citation

If you use TCMDATA in your research, please cite:

@article{he2026tcmdata,
  title   = {TCMDATA: An integrated R package for target-oriented network pharmacology analysis and AI-assisted interpretation in traditional Chinese medicine},
  author  = {He, Nan and Xu, Shuangbin and Mo, Ke and Xia, Yonghe and Wang, Rui and Tao, Shaoguo and Wang, Qianwen and Mo, Jianwen and Pang, Bin and Qiu, Yiyan and Song, Qiong and Yu, Guangchuang},
  journal = {Current Molecular Pharmacology},
  volume  = {19},
  number  = {1},
  pages   = {372--388},
  year    = {2026},
  issn    = {1874-4672},
  doi     = {10.1016/j.cmp.2026.09.003},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmp.2026.09.003}
}