Preliminary survey of taxonomical problems, pharmacognostical characteristics, and chloroplast DNA polymorphisms of the folk medicinal herb Artemisia campestris from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan

Journal of Natural Medicines

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 239-244

  Minami, Motoyasu ^a   Suzuki, Minori ^b   Hosokawa, Keizo ^c   Kondo, Seizo ^d   Oka, Kenji ^d   Shibata, Toshiro ^e  

^a CHUBU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Tropical Plants Resources Research Institute   (Japan)

^c HYOGO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Research Laboratory   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL INNOVATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

6,7 dimethylesculetin; Artemisia campestris L.; Capillarisin; rpl16 rpl14 spacer region; Ryukyu islands

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARISIN; CHLOROPLAST DNA; PLANT EXTRACT; SCOPARONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA CAMPESTRIS; ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; JAPAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOGNOSY; PHENOTYPE; TAXONOMY;

ARTEMISIA; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, CHLOROPLAST; GEOGRAPHY; INFLORESCENCE; JAPAN; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHARMACOGNOSY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 77953621453     PISSN: 13403443     EISSN: 18610293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11418-010-0399-4     Document Type: Article

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