Identification and differentiation between hoodia gordonii (Masson) sweet ex decne., opuntia ficus indica (L.) P. Miller, and related hoodia species using microscopy and PCR

Journal of Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 253-264

  Joshi, Vaishali ^a   Techen, Natascha ^a   Scheffler, Brian E ^b   Khan, Ikhlas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ghaap medicinal plant; Microscopic identification; Molecular marker; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

CACTUS; DIET; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICROSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WEIGHT;

ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HOODIA CURRORII; HOODIA GORDONII; HOODIA PARVIFLORA; HOODIA RUSCHII; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPUNTIA FICUS INDICA; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

HOODIA; HOODIA GORDONII; OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA;

EID: 77951474438     PISSN: 10496475     EISSN: 15403580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10496470903378953     Document Type: Article

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