Forensic Identification of Indian Snakeroot (Rauvolfia serpentina Benth. ex Kurz) Using DNA Barcoding

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 822-830

  Eurlings, Marcel C M ^a   Lens, Frederic ^a   Pakusza, Csilla ^b   Peelen, Tamara ^c   Wieringa, Jan J ^d   Gravendeel, Barbara ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Dutch Customs Laboratory   (Netherlands)

^d NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Apocynaceae; CITES; DNA typing; Forensic science; Medicinal plants; Rauvolfia; rps16 intron

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST DNA;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CRIME; DNA BARCODING; DNA DEGRADATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTRON; LEGAL ASPECT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAUWOLFIA; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

COMMERCE; CRIME; DNA BARCODING, TAXONOMIC; DNA DEGRADATION, NECROTIC; DNA, CHLOROPLAST; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HUMANS; INTRONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAUWOLFIA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84876716469     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1556-4029.12072     Document Type: Article

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