title: Differentiation of medicinal Codonopsis species from adulterants by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism.
abstract: DNA sequence analysis of rDNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) were exploited for their applications in differentiating medicinal species Codonopsis pilosula, C. tangshen, C. modesta, and C. nervosa var. macrantha, from two related adulterants Campanumoea javania and Platycodon grandiflorus. The data demonstrated that the rDNA ITSI and ITSII sequences of the four Codonopsis are highly homologous but not identical, and are significantly different from those of the two adulterants. The sequence difference allows effective and reliable differentiation of Codonopsis from the adulterants by PCR-RFLP.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., China.
authors.forename: R Z
authors.initials: RZ
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Y B
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Z T
authors.initials: ZT
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: But
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Shaw
mesh_terms: D019659:Asteraceae / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D008517:Phytotherapy; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000235:genetics; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D018749:RNA, Plant / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D018749:RNA, Plant