Molecular identification of commercialized medicinal plants in Southern Morocco

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Kool, Anneleen ^a   de Boer, Hugo J ^a   Krüger, Åsa ^b   Rydberg, Anders ^a   Abbad, Abdelaziz ^c   Björk, Lars ^a   Martin, Gary ^d  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

^d Global Diversity Foundation Dar Ylane   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; PLANT DNA;

ACACIA; ACCURACY; ANACYCLUS PYRETHRUM; APIUM NODIFLORUM; ARISTOLOCHIA FONTANESII; ARMERIA; ARTICLE; ARUNDO DONAX; BERMUDA GRASS; CARDOON; CARLINA GUMMIFERA; CARLINA INVOLUCRATA; COLCHICUM AUTUMNALE; CONIUM; CORRIGIOLA TELEPHIIFOLIA; DAUCUS CRINITUS; DNA BARCODING; DNA EXTRACTION; DRIMIA MARITIMA; ECHINOPS SPINOSISSIMUS; EROPHACA BAETICA; ERYNGIUM TRIQUETRUM; FENNEL; FERULA COMMUNIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA; KUNDMANNIA SICULA; LIMONIASTRUM GUYONIANUM; MAGYDARIS PANACIFOLIA; MANDRAGORA AUTUMNALIS; MATK GENE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOROCCO; NONHUMAN; OAK; PEGANUM HARMALA; PLANT GENE; PLANT IDENTIFICATION; PLANT ROOT; POLYGONUM AVICULARE; POLYGONUM MARITIMUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSBA GENE; PULICARIA ARABICA; RHAPONTICUM ACAULE; RPOC1 GENE; RUBIA PEREGRINA; RUTA MONTANA; SILENE; SMILAX ASPERA; SPERGULARIA MARGINATA; THAPSIA GARGANICA; TRNH GENE; WITHANIA FRUTESCENS; ZIZIPHUS LOTUS;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA BARCODING, TAXONOMIC; DNA, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOROCCO; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84862990988     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039459     Document Type: Article

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