Quantitative and Molecular Similarity Analyses of the Metabolites of Cold- and Hot-Natured Chinese Herbs

Figure 5

Nucleoside metabolites are more widely distributed in hot-natured herbs than in cold-natured herbs. Boxplot shows the concentration of each metabolite in hot- and cold-natured herbs. The pink box represents the 15 hot-natured herbs (hot herbs), and the blue box represents the 15 cold-natured herbs (cold herbs). Boxplots describe the upper quartile (Q3), median, and the lower quartile (Q1) values. Upper and lower limit whiskers describe the maximum and minimum values in the data.