A preliminary RAPD-PCR analysis of Cimicifuga species and other botanicals used for women's health

Phytomedicine

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 757-762

  Xu, H ^c   Fabricant, D S ^a   Piersen, C E ^a   Bolton, J L ^a   Pezzuto, J M ^a   Fong, H ^a   Totura, S ^a   Farnsworth, N R ^a   Constantinou, A I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cimicifuga racemosa; DNA profiles; RAPD; Species identification; Trifolium pratense

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; PLANT DNA;

ANGELICA SINENSIS; CIMICIFUGA; CLOVER; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG RESEARCH; GINKGO BILOBA; GINSENG; GLYCYRRHIZA; HUMULUS; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MORPHOLOGY; PLANT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; VACCINIUM; VALERIANA OFFICINALIS; VIBURNUM; VITEX AGNUS CASTUS;

ACTAEA; ANGELICA SINENSIS; CIMICIFUGA; CIMICIFUGA AMERICANA; CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA; CIMICIFUGA RUBIFOLIA; GINGKO BILOBA; GINKGO BILOBA; GLYCYRRHIZA; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA; HUMULUS; HUMULUS LUPULUS; PANAX GINSENG; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM INCARNATUM; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE; TRIFOLIUM REPENS; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM MACROCARPON; VALERIANA OFFICINALIS; VIBURNUM; VIBURNUM PRUNIFOLIUM; VITEX AGNUS-CASTUS;

EID: 0036975545     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/094471102321621403     Document Type: Review

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