Application of DNA metabarcoding technology in identification of Chinese patent medicines.
10.19540/j.cnki.cjcmm.20181106.006
- Author:
Yu-Zhen GAO
1
;
Jin WEI
1
;
Zhen-Wen LIU
2
;
Jing ZHOU
1
Author Information
1. School of Pharmaceutical Science & Yunnan Key Laboratory of Pharmacology for Natural Products,Kunming Medical University Kunming 650500,China.
2. Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia,Kunming Institute of Botany,Chinese Academy of Science Kunming 650201,China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Chinese patent medicine;
DNA metabarcoding;
molecular identification;
species
- MeSH:
DNA;
DNA Barcoding, Taxonomic;
Drugs, Chinese Herbal;
standards;
Medicine, Chinese Traditional;
Nonprescription Drugs;
standards
- From:
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica
2019;44(2):261-264
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Metabarcoding technology is a research method derived from the combination of traditional DNA barcodes and highthroughput sequencing technologies. It can quickly,easily and efficiently identify and restore biological samples from multiple species.Biological species are currently widely used in environmental biology research. In the market of traditional Chinese medicines,adulteration and quality instability have severely restricted the sustainable development of the related industries. This article introduced the background of the metabarcoding technology and its preliminary application in the identification of Chinese patent medicines. It also outlined the possible problems in the research process and prospected to the development of the DNA metabarcoding technology.
