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Constructing a DNA barcode reference library for southern herbs in China: A resource for authentication of southern Chinese medicine.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2018
Gong Lu, Qiu Xiao Hui, Huang Juan, Xu Wen, Bai Jun Qi, Zhang Jing, Su He, Xu Chu Mei, Huang Zhi Hai
Abstract excerpt
Southern Chinese Medicine (SCM) is an important sect of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) with its own special cultural style. Species identification is essential for TCM quality control because authentic herbs are possibly substituted with adulterants that would threaten the health of the public or even cause death. Here, we provided the first local reference DNA barcode library based on the second internal...
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