Research Article

TCDO: A Community-Based Ontology for Integrative Representation and Analysis of Traditional Chinese Drugs and Their Properties

Table 1

Relations between TCD toxicity and properties.

Property categorySubcategoryCountJaccard index
Low toxicityMedium toxicityHigh toxicityAllLow toxicityMedium toxicityHigh toxicity

NatureCold (TCD)71411600.0420.0770.006
Cool (TCD)110290.0230.0160.000
Neutral (TCD)350920.0290.0410.000
Warm (TCD)51521450.0320.0900.013
Hot (TCD)125150.0340.0410.278

FlavorAstringent (TCD)030380.0000.0420.000
Bitter (TCD)121642020.0590.0720.019
Pungent (TCD)72171680.0400.1150.041
Salty (TCD)210470.0330.0120.000
Sour (TCD)030310.0000.0470.000
Sweet (TCD)0501840.0000.0230.000
Tasteless (TCD)000120.0000.0000.000

Channel tropismBladder channel100360.0200.0000.000
Gallbladder channel010220.0000.0180.000
Heart channel0711040.0000.0530.009
Kidney channel31141220.0220.0750.032
Large intestine channel281740.0230.0780.012
Small intestine channel110210.0290.0180.000
Liver channel111862210.0490.0750.027
Lung channel11721680.0050.0910.011
Pericardium channel00060.0000.0000.000
Spleen channel41141210.0300.0750.032
Stomach channel4821470.0250.0460.013
Triple energizer channel00030.0000.0000.000

Total15368

Note.Red color is for a Jaccard index value >0.1 and orange for a Jaccard index value of 0.05–0.1.