DNA barcoding of online herbal supplements: Crowd-sourcing pharmacovigilance in high school

Open Life Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 48-55

  Molina, Jeanmaire ^a   Sherpa, Chhoti ^a,b   Ng, Joyee ^a,b   Sonam, Tenzin ^a,b   Stuhr, Nicole ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Brooklyn Technical High School   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug safety; Herbal medicinal products; Taxonomic authentication

Indexed keywords

EID: 85045674263     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23915412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/biol-2018-0007     Document Type: Article

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