Chemical and genetic assessment of variability in commercial Radix Astragali (Astragalus spp.) by ion trap LC-MS and nuclear ribosomal DNA barcoding sequence analyses

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1548-1556

  Xiao, Wei Lie ^a,e   Motley, Timothy J ^b   Unachukwu, Uchenna J ^e   Lau, Clara Bik San ^c   Jiang, Bei ^d   Hong, Feng ^a   Leung, Ping Chung ^c   Wang, Qing Feng ^b,f   Livingston, Philip O ^a   Cassileth, Barrie R ^a   Kennelly, Edward J ^e  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d DALI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^f Wuhan Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Astragalus; DNA barcoding; LC MS; Radix Astragali

Indexed keywords

ASTRAGALUS; CANCER THERAPY; CHEMICAL PROFILES; DNA BARCODING; DNA PROFILES; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HONG-KONG; ION TRAPS; ISOFLAVONOIDS; LC-MS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICINAL PRODUCTS; NEW YORK CITY; NORTHERN REGIONS; POINT MUTATIONS; RADIX ASTRAGALI; RIBOSOMAL DNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYMPATRIC SPECIES; TWO-WAY ANOVA;

DNA; FORESTRY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; SALES;

QUALITY CONTROL;

FLAVONOID; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HUANG QI; PLANT DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; SAPONIN;

ARTICLE; ASTRAGALUS PLANT; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA BARCODING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HONG KONG; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHYTOTHERAPY; QUALITY CONTROL; UNITED STATES;

ASTRAGALUS PLANT; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DNA BARCODING, TAXONOMIC; DNA, PLANT; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FLAVONOIDS; GENETIC VARIATION; HONG KONG; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEW YORK CITY; PHYTOTHERAPY; QUALITY CONTROL; SAPONINS;

ASTRAGALUS (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 79952159576     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf1028174     Document Type: Article

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