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Molecular authentication of the traditional Tibetan medicinal plant Swertia mussotii.
Planta medica - 1 Oct 2006
Xue Chun-Ying, Li De-Zhu, Lu Jin-Mei, Yang Jun-Bo, Liu Jian-Quan
Abstract excerpt
Swertia mussotii is an important species in Tibetan folk medicine. However, it is quite expensive and frequently adulterated, so reliable methods for authentication of putative specimens and preparations of the species are needed to protect consumers and to support conservation measures. We show here that the chloroplast (cp) DNA RPL16 intron has limited utility for differentiating S. mussotii from closely...
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