Table 1.

Comparison summary table

	Technology 1	Technology 2	Technology 3
Name of specific type of technology	CADDa based on TCMb	FAC–MSc for screening	MIP-SPEd for screening and separating
Names of specific technologies with associated companies and company Web sites	Accelrys, Inc. http://www.accelrys.com/	Applied Biosystems http://www.appliedbiosystems.com/	Applied Biosystems http://www.appliedbiosystems.com/
	Neotrident Technique Ltd. http://www.neotrident.com/
Pros	Virtual screening based on TCM database has higher hit rate than that based on chemical database	Only for screening, higher hit rate	Combining the screening, separating and identifying on one single step
		No false leads
Cons	High throughput	Relatively high throughput	Relatively high throughput
References	[9, 10]	[19, 20, 23]	[27, 29]

^aComputer-aided drug design.

^bTraditional Chinese medicine.

^cFrontal affinity chromatography with mass spectrometry.

^dMolecularly imprinted polymers in solid phase extraction.