Authentication of Chinese Medicinal Materials by DNA Technology

by Shaw, P. C.

• ISBN13: 9789810246211
• ISBN10: 9810246218
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc

Summary

This book is the first of its kind to introduce and evaluate the molecular techniques that have been developed to authenticate Chinese medicinal materials.

Table of Contents

Preface	v
Contributing Authors	ix
Molecular Markers in Chinese Medicinal Materials	1	(24)
Pang-Chui Shaw
Fai-Ngor Ngan
Paul Pui-Hay But
Jun Wang
Methodology and Equipment for General Molecular Techniques	25	(18)
Forrest Chung-Fai Yau
Fai-Ngor Ngan
Authentication of Chinese Medicinal Materials by Polymerase Chain Reaction Using Arbitrarily Chosen Primers	43	(26)
Hui Cao
Paul Pui-Hay But
Fai Ngor Ngan
Jun Wang
Pang-Chui Shaw
Authentication of the Components from a Mixture of Herbal Materials	69	(16)
Kur-Ta Cheng
Authentication of Chinese Medicinal Materials by Sequence Characterised Amplified Region	85	(12)
Jun Wang
Wai-Yan Ha
Forrest Chung-Fai Yau
Paul Pui-Hay But
Pang-Chui Shaw
Differentiation of Panax ginseng from P. quinquefolius by Direct Amplification of Length Polymorphisms	97	(12)
Wai-Yan Ha
Forrest Chung-Fai Yau
Jun Wang
Pang-Chui Shaw
Differentiation of Panax ginseng from P. quinquefolius by Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism	109	(16)
Wai-Yan Ha
Forrest Chung-Fai You
Pang-Chui Shaw
Jun Wang
Authentication of Animal Medicinal Materials by DNA Molecular Markers	125	(30)
Yiquan Wang
Kaiya Zhou
Authentication of Medicinal Dendrobium Species by the Internal Transcribed Spacer of Ribosomal DNA	155	(14)
David Tai-Wai Lau
Pang-Chui Shaw
Paul Pui-Hay But
Authentication by DNA Sequencing of 5s rRNA and trnK Genes	169	(24)
Hajime Mizukami
Authentication Based on 18S Ribosomal RNA Gene and matK Gene Sequences	193	(20)
Katsuko Komatsu
Outlook	213	(12)
Pang-Chui Shaw
Jun Wang
Paul Pui-Hay But
Forrest Chung-Fai Yau
Index	225