Retraction to: DNA barcoding detects contamination and substitution in North American herbal products (BMC Medicine, (2013), 11, 1, (222), 10.1186/1741-7015-11-222);DNA barcoding detects contamination and substitution in North American herbal products

BMC Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Newmaster, Steven G ^a   Grguric, Meghan ^b   Shanmughanandhan, Dhivya ^c   Ramalingam, Sathishkumar ^c   Ragupathy, Subramanyam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM EXTRACT; ACTAEA ASIATICA EXTRACT; AMARANTHUS ALBUS EXTRACT; AMARANTHUS RETROFLEXUS EXRACT; AMARYLLIDACEAE ALKALOID; APIUM GRAVEOLENS EXTRACT; ARCTIUM LAPPA EXTRACT; CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA EXTRACT; CINNAMOMUM CASSIA EXTRACT; ECHINACAEA PURPUREA EXTRACT; FABACEAE EXTRACT; FILLER; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; JUGLANS NIGRA EXTRACT; MATRICARIA EXTRACT; MENTHA SPICATA EXTRACT; OREGANO EXTRACT; OXALIS ACETOSELLA EXTRACT; OXALIS CORNICULATA EXTRACT; PARTHENIUM HYSTEROPHORUS EXTRACT; PEPPERMINT OIL; PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA EXTRACT; PLANTAGO MAJOR EXTRACT; PLANTAGO OVATE EXTRACT; PORTULACA OLERACEA EXTRACT; RANUNCULACEAE EXTRACT; RICE EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BARCODING; DNA LIBRARY; DRUG CONTAMINATION; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG QUALITY; DRUG SCREENING; EVENING PRIMROSE; HEALTH HAZARD; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PLANT LEAF; SAMPLE; SOYBEAN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CAPSULES; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; DNA BARCODING, TAXONOMIC; DRUG CONTAMINATION; NORTH AMERICA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; POWDERS;

EID: 84885337331     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-024-03504-x     Document Type: Erratum

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