How to correctly identify herbalmaterials in market: A case study based on DNA barcodes

African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 66-76

  Zhang, Dequan ^a   Yang, Yongshou ^a   Jiang, Bei ^a   Duan, Lizhen ^a   Zhou, Nong ^a,b  

^a DALI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHONGQING THREE GORGES UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

DNA barcodes; Herbal materials; Identification; ITS2; TrnH psbA

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2;

ARTICLE; DNA BARCODING; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; HERB; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOGNOSY; PLANT GENE; PLANT IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TRNH PSBA GENE;

EID: 84923930841     PISSN: 01896016     EISSN: 01896016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ajtcam.v11i6.7     Document Type: Article

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