Application of DNA barcoding technology in the whole industrial chain of traditional Chinese medicine
10.16438/j.0513-4870.2020-0290
- VernacularTitle:DNA条形码技术在中药全产业链的应用进展
- Author:
Qian LOU
1
,
2
;
Tian-yi XIN
1
;
Jing-yuan SONG
1
,
3
Author Information
1. Key Lab of Chinese Medicine Resources Conservation, State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine of the People's Republic of China, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100193, China
2. Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 102488, China
3. Engineering Research Center of Chinese Medicine Resource, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100193, China
- Publication Type:Research Article
- Keywords:
DNA barcoding technology;
traditional Chinese medicine;
the whole industrial chain;
species identification;
traceability
- From:
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica
2020;55(8):1784-1791
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
DNA barcoding technology, a method of identifying biological species through a standard sequence, is widely used in the identification of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), promoting the renaissance of TCM authentication discipline. The whole industrial chain of TCM includes three sections: the planting and collecting in the upstream chain, the production of TCM in the midstream chain and the circulation in the downstream chain. DNA barcoding technology, which possesses accurate, common, and objective advantages, plays an important role in the whole industrial chain of TCM. In the upstream, it is used to identify the seeds, seedlings and medicinal plants, ensuring the original source is correct. In the middle, it is used to identify Chinese medicinal materials, Chinese herbal slices and Chinese patent medicines, ensuring the materials of enterprises are correct and the clinical medication is safe. In the downstream, it participates in the establishment of traceability system for TCM, achieving the recording, inquiry and traceability of information. Therefore, DNA barcoding technology should help to control the whole production process, to protect the rights and interests of consumers and contribute to the supervision of TCM. Combined with some study cases in recent years, this paper introduces the application of DNA barcoding technology in the whole industrial chain of TCM, which is of great significance to promote the modernization of TCM industry and their internationalization.
