Identification of herbal medicinal materials using DNA barcodes

作     者：Paul Pui-Hay BUT Pang-Chui SHAW 

作者机构：School of Life SciencesThe Chinese University of Hong KongShatinN.T.Hong KongChina State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China(CUHK)Institute of Chinese MedicineThe Chinese University of Hong KongShatinN.T.Hong KongChina 

出 版 物：《Journal of Systematics and Evolution》 (植物分类学报(英文版))

年 卷 期：2011年第49卷第3期

页      面：271-283页

核心收录：

学科分类：0710[理学-生物学] 071001[理学-植物学] 0830[工学-环境科学与工程（可授工学、理学、农学学位）] 07[理学] 0901[农学-作物学] 0902[农学-园艺学] 0713[理学-生态学] 

基　　金：supported by a Focused Investment Scheme Funding (Scheme A) of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and a sub-grant for the Large-scale Scientific Facilities of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(2009-LSFGBOWS-01) 

主　　题：DNA barcode herbal medicinal materials internal transcribed spacer(ITS) matK molecular identification rbcL trnH-psbA. 

摘      要：Herbal medicinal materials have been used worldwide for centuries to maintain health and to treat disease.However,adulteration of herbal medicines remains a major concern of users and industry for reasons of safety and efficacy.Identification of herbal medicinal materials by DNA technology has been widely applied,started from the mid-1990s.In recent years,DNA barcoding of global plant species using four standard barcodes(rbcL,matK,trnH-psbA and ITS) has been a major focus in the fields of biodiversity and conservation.These DNA barcodes can also be used as reliable tools to facilitate the identification of herbal medicinal materials for the safe use of herbs,quality control,and forensic investigation.Many studies have applied these DNA barcodes for the identification of herbal medicinal species and their adulterants.The present article reviews efforts in the identification of herbal medicinal materials using the standard DNA barcodes and other DNA sequence-based markers.