DNA barcoding of authentic and substitute samples of herb of the family Asparagaceae and Asclepiadaceae based on the ITS2 region

Background : Herbal drugs used to treat illness according to Ayurveda are often misidentified or adulterated with similar plant materials. Objective: To aid taxonomical identification, we used DNA barcoding to evaluate authentic and substitute samples of herb and phylogenetic relationship of four me...

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Published in:	Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine
Main Authors:	Padmalatha S Rai, Ravishankara Bellampalli, Rajendra M Dobriyal, Amit Agarwal, K Satyamoorthy, D B Anantha Narayana
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2012-01-01
Subjects:	Asparagus gonoclados Asparagus racemosus Decalepis hamiltonii DNA barcoding Hemidesmus indicus ITS2 region
Online Access:	http://www.jaim.in/article.asp?issn=0975-9476;year=2012;volume=3;issue=3;spage=136;epage=140;aulast=Rai