Molecular analyses of the Chinese herb Leigongteng (Tripterygium wilfordii Hook.f.)

Phytochemistry

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-26

  Law, Sue Ka Yee ^a   Simmons, Mark P ^b   Techen, Natascha ^c   Khan, Ikhlas A ^c   He, Ming Fang ^a   Shaw, Pang Chui ^a   But, Paul Pui Hay ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Adulterant; DNA sequences; Leigongteng; Phylogeny; Tripterygium

Indexed keywords

DNA; HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRIPTERYGIUM;

DATABASES, GENETIC; DNA; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRIPTERYGIUM;

CELASTRUS; CELASTRUS ANGULATUS; TRIPTERYGIUM; TRIPTERYGIUM DOIANUM; TRIPTERYGIUM HYPOGLAUCUM; TRIPTERYGIUM REGELII; TRIPTERYGIUM WILFORDII;

EID: 78650701021     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2010.10.015     Document Type: Article

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