DNA barcoding of medicinal plant material for identification.
Because of the increasing demand for herbal remedies and for authentication of the source material, it is vital to provide a single database containing information about authentic plant materials and their potential adulterants. The database should provide DNA barcodes for data retrieval and similarity search. In order to obtain such barcodes, several molecular methods have been applied to develop markers that aid with the authentication and identification of medicinal plant materials. In this review, we discuss the genomic regions and molecular methods selected to provide barcodes, available databases and the potential future of barcoding using next generation sequencing.
National Center for Natural Products Research and Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, P.O. Box 1848, MS 38677, USA.
Natascha
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Techen
National Center for Natural Products Research and Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, P.O. Box 1848, MS 38677, USA.
Iffat
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Parveen
USDA-ARS-NPURU, P.O. Box 8048, University, MS 38677, USA.
Zhiqiang
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Pan
National Center for Natural Products Research and Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, P.O. Box 1848, MS 38677, USA; School of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia. Electronic address: ikhan@olemiss.edu.
Ikhlas A
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Khan
D000818:Animals; D058893:DNA Barcoding, Taxonomic / Q000379:methods*; D018744:DNA, Plant / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics; D056426:Genetic Loci; D059014:High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
D018744:DNA, Plant