title: [Molecular methods for authentication of Chinese medicinal materials].
abstract: The resource authentication is required for quality assurance and control of Chinese medicine. This review provides an informative introduction to molecular methods used for authentication of Chinese medicinal materials. The technical features of the methods based on sequencing, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and hybridization are described, merits and demerits and development of the molecular methods in identification of Chinese medicinal materials are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Beijing 100193, China.
authors.forename: Chuanyi
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Baolin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Peigen
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Xiao
mesh_terms: D056667:Biometric Identification / Q000379:methods; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000592:standards*; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA