《当代药用植物典》由香港浸会大学中医药学院赵中振教授及中国工程院肖培根院士主编。全书分为3篇共4册,分别为东方篇(第一及第二册)、西方篇(第三册)与岭南篇(第四册),涵盖800多种国际上常用药用植物,系统地收载了植物基原主要成分及其化学结构、药理、毒理、原植物及药材图 The “Contemporary Medicinal Plant Code” is edited by Prof. Zhao Zhongzhen of the Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine at Hong Kong Baptist University and Academician Xiao Peigen of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. The book is divided into three volumes and four volumes, namely Oriental (first and second volumes), Western (third volumes) and Lingnan (fourth volumes), covering more than 800 internationally-used medicinal plants. The main components of the plant primordial and its chemical structure, pharmacology, toxicology, original plant and medicinal materials