Application of molecular identification techniques in traditional Chinese medicine

Abstract

In recent years, molecular identification technology has become the predominant approach for the identification of traditional Chinese medicine. The molecular identification techniques in recent years were analyzed and summarized in this paper, such as RAPD, ISSR, RFLP, AFLP, SNP, and DNA bar code sequence analysis techniques. By consulting Sciencedirect databases and Web of Science databases, 2348 related articles were found, of which 39 were related to molecular identification techniques and traditional Chinese medicine. The application of the molecular identification techniques in four aspects was reviewed, namely the identification on the authenticity (true or false), multi-source identification and genetic diversity, producing area, and growing year discrimination of traditional Chinese medicine.

Keywords

traditional Chinese medicine / molecular identification techniques / DNA bar code

Acknowledgements

This work was financially supported by National Nature Science Foundation of China (81973284) and Scientific Research Foundation of the Education Department of Liaoning Province (LJKZ0944).

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