An integrated system for identifying the hidden assassins in traditional medicines containing aristolochic acids

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Wu, Lan ^a,b   Sun, Wei ^a   Wang, Bo ^c   Zhao, Haiyu ^a   Li, Yaoli ^d   Cai, Shaoqing ^d   Xiang, Li ^a   Zhu, Yingjie ^a   Yao, Hui ^c   Song, Jingyuan ^c   Cheng, Yung Chi ^e   Chen, Shilin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^b HUBEI UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL PLANT DEVELOPMENT   (China)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARISTOLOCHIC ACID; ARISTOLOCHIC ACID I; HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ARISTOLOCHIACEAE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA BARCODING; DRUG CONTAMINATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHARMACEUTICS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ARISTOLOCHIACEAE; ARISTOLOCHIC ACIDS; DNA BARCODING, TAXONOMIC; DRUG CONTAMINATION; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL;

EID: 84939540068     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep11318     Document Type: Article

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