Discriminating Astragali Radix from Hedysarum Radix in Chinese medicine preparations using nested PCR and DNA sequencing methods

Journal of Food and Drug Analysis

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Lu, Kang Tsu ^a   Lee, Hui Chun ^a   Liu, Fang Su ^a   Lo, Chi Fang ^a   Lin, Jer Huei ^a,b  

^a Ministry of Health and Welfare   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Astragali Radix; DNA sequencing; Hedysarum Radix; Internal transcribed spacer (ITS); Nested PCR; Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP)

Indexed keywords

ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS EXTRACT; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER;

ARTICLE; ASTRAGALI RADIX; ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; HEDYSARUM RADIX; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS; HEDYSARUM; HEDYSARUM POLYBOTRYS;

EID: 74949142251     PISSN: 10219498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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