DNA barcoding provides distinction between Radix Astragali and its adulterants

Science China Life Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 992-999

  Guo, HaiYan ^a,b   Wang, WeiWei ^b   Yang, Ning ^b   Guo, BaoLin ^c   Zhang, Sun ^b   Yang, RuiJing ^b   Yuan, Ye ^b   Yu, JunLin ^d   Hu, SongNian ^b   Sun, QiShi ^a   Yu, Jun ^b  

^a SHENYANG PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL PLANT DEVELOPMENT   (China)

^d TONGHUA TEACHERS COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

adulterant identification; Astragalus; DNA barcode; Radix Astragali

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; HUANG QI; PLANT DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; ASTRAGALUS PLANT; CHEMISTRY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ASTRAGALUS PLANT; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PLANT; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ASTRAGALUS (ANGIOSPERM); ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS; FABACEAE; GLYCYRRHIZA; HEDYSARUM; OXYTROPIS;

EID: 77956487287     PISSN: 16747305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11427-010-4044-y     Document Type: Article

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