"Taking this route, we'll find it hard to keep up with the research of Western nations," argues Chang Chun-ming, a researcher of biotech applications at Union Chemical Laboratories. "Secondly, in trying to find specific components, we may end up casting aside combinations of ingredients that are valued in Chinese medicine, and thus lose other possibilities for research."
「這樣的方式，一來我們很難趕上西方國家的研究腳步，二來是為了尋找特定的成分，卻可能因此篩掉了中醫認為有效的綜合成分，失去另一種研發的可能性」，工業技術研究院化工所應用生物技術研究員張純銘解釋。