Forensic Identification of CITES Protected Slimming Cactus (Hoodia) Using DNA Barcoding

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1467-1471

  Gathier, Gerard ^a   van der Niet, Timotheus ^b,c   Peelen, Tamara ^d   van Vugt, Rogier R ^c   Eurlings, Marcel C M ^c   Gravendeel, Barbara ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Dutch Customs Laboratory   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Apocynaceae; DNA barcoding; Forensic science; Herbal products; NrITS1; psbA trnH

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

APOCYNACEAE; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CRIME; DNA BARCODING; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HERBAL PRODUCTS; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NRITS1; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT STEM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSBA-TRNH; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

APOCYNACEAE; DNA BARCODING; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HERBAL PRODUCTS; NRITS1; PSBA-TRNH;

APOCYNACEAE; COMMERCE; CRIME; DNA BARCODING, TAXONOMIC; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT STEMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84886751048     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1556-4029.12184     Document Type: Article

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