Since its launch in 2013, TCMSP 1.0 has served over a million traditional Chinese medicine researchers worldwide, becoming the de facto standard database cited in virtually each network(system) pharmacology paper (Ru et al., J Cheminformatics, 2014). A decade of honing, and the sword is finally drawn. The original team has completely rebuilt TCMSP into a next-generation of AI research platform — now covering approximately 2,400,000 compounds, 600,787 natural medicinal resources — including 478,652 plants, 46,318 animals, 31,247 marine organisms, 24,583 microorganisms, 17,892 bacteria, and 2,095 minerals — 29,490 disease entities, 66,800 targets, approximately 140 million disease-target relationships, and 2 billion molecule-target interactions — with analytical capabilities grown from zero to over a hundred tools. Our dedication to the systems pharmacology of traditional Chinese medicine, however, has never changed.

TCMSP 1.0(Old Version)

Key Features
  • 1.Data Retrieval Yes
  • 2.Ingredient Screening No
  • 3.Network Construction No
  • 4.PPI/Enrichment No
  • 5.ADMET Prediction No
  • 6.Target Prediction No
  • 7.Molecular Docking No
  • 8.Single-cell Analysis No
  • 9.Literature Validation No
  • 10.Manuscript Generation No

TCMSP 9.0.1(New Version)

Key Features
  • 1.Data Retrieval Yes
  • 2.Ingredient Screening Yes
  • 3.Network Construction Yes
  • 4.PPI/Enrichment Yes
  • 5.ADMET Prediction Yes
  • 6.Target Prediction Yes
  • 7.Molecular Docking Yes
  • 8.Single-cell Analysis Yes
  • 9.Literature Validation Yes
  • 10.Manuscript Generation Yes

Q&A

Q1: Will the legacy platform (tcmsp-e.com) remain available?

A1: Yes. It will remain freely accessible for the long term, and citations in published papers are unaffected. The new platform is an “extension”, not a “replacement”.

Q2: Can the methodology of the new platform be cited directly?

A2: Yes. Every module provides copy-ready bilingual (Chinese/English) paragraphs with software versions (AutoDock Vina, clusterProfiler, STRING v12.0, etc.) and parameter thresholds (OB ≥ 15%, DL ≥ 0.11, exhaustiveness = 16, etc.), ready to be pasted directly into the Methods section.

Q3: What is the difference between the desktop and web versions?

A3: Web version: powered by cloud computing — start anytime, anywhere, right in your browser.
Desktop version: local inference keeps your data on your own machine, making it the first choice for sensitive projects; cloud session sync is also supported.