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DNA barcoding of medicinal plant material for identification

2013; Elsevier BV; Volume: 25; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.copbio.2013.09.010

1879-0429

Natascha Techen, Iffat Parveen, Zhiqiang Pan, Ikhlas A. Khan,

Genetic diversity and population structure

Because of the increasing demand for herbal remedies and for authentication of the source material, it is vital to provide a single database containing information about authentic plant materials and their potential adulterants. The database should provide DNA barcodes for data retrieval and similarity search. In order to obtain such barcodes, several molecular methods have been applied to develop markers that aid with the authentication and identification of medicinal plant materials. In this review, we discuss the genomic regions and molecular methods selected to provide barcodes, available databases and the potential future of barcoding using next generation sequencing.