Development of molecular biological techniques for the differentiation of medicinal plant species
2015
Han, E.H., Dept. of Agronomy and Medicinal Plant Resources, Gyeongnam ational University of Science and Technology, Jinju, Republic of Korea | Kim, Y.H., Dept. of Biology Education, College of Education, IALS, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Republic of Korea | Lee, S.W., Dept. of Agronomy and Medicinal Plant Resources, Gyeongnam ational University of Science and Technology, Jinju, Republic of Korea
Medicinal plants resources are becoming important assets since their usages have been expanded to the development of functional foods for human health, more attractive cosmetics, and pharmaceutical industries. However, their phylogenetic origins and names are different from each country and quite often they are mixed each other resulting in the confusion for consumers. In particular, when they are very similar based on their morphological characteristics and distributed as dried roots, it is extremely difficult to differentiate their origins even by specialists. Recently, DNA barcodes have been extensively applied to identify their origin of medicinal plant species. In this review, we tried to overview the current research achievements for the development of suitable DNA barcodes regarding to the differentiation of medicinal plant species. Furthermore, more advanced techniques including amplification refractory mutation system (ARMS)-PCR, multiplex single base extension (MSBE), high-resolution melting (HRM) curve analyses are also discussed for their practical applications in the authentification of particular medicinal plant species.
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