title: Molecular pharmacognosy.
abstract: This article analyzes the background and significance of molecular pharmacognosy, including the molecular identification of medicinal raw materials, phylogenetic evolution of medicinal plants and animals, evaluation and preservation of germplasm resources for medicinal plants and animals, etiology of endangerment and protection of endangered medicinal plants and animals, biosynthesis and bioregulation of active components in medicinal plants, and characteristics and the molecular bases of top-geoherbs.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100700, China. huangluqi@263.net
authors.forename: LuQi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: PeiGen
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: LanPing
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: WenYuan
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gao
mesh_terms: D010598:Pharmacognosy; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*