Table 2 |
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Representative examples of FINS identification of Chinese medicinal materials |
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Year |
Test material |
DNA locus |
Major finding |
Reference |
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2002 |
Shihu samples and Dendrobium species |
ITS |
4 inspected samples of 'Fengdou' were identified |
[7] |
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2003 |
Rhinoceros horns, Rhinoceros species and other mammals |
Cyt b |
2 samples were white rhinoceros and 4 samples were dark rhinoceros |
[8] |
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2004 |
Snake blood and meat, and 90 snake species |
Cyt b |
6 unknown samples were identified as Python molurus and P. reticulates |
[42] |
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2005 |
Chinese sika deer and Cervus Nippon subspecies |
Mitochondrial control region |
2 suspected samples were derived from wild population of C. Nippon kopschi |
[43] |
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2007 |
Fresh and herbal samples of Dangshen |
5S rDNA spacer |
2 samples of Hong Dangshen were identified as Codonopsis pilosula var. modesta |
[44] |
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2008 |
Snake venom |
16S rDNA |
1 snake venom was identified as derived from Naja atra |
[45] |
|
2009 |
Shihu samples and Dendrobium species |
ITS |
Identification of 10 Shihu samples: 6 were D. officinale, 1 was D. nobile and 3 were D. denneanum |
[46] |
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Shihu samples and Dendrobium species |
MatK |
Identification of 4 Shihu samples: 3 were D. officinale and 1 were D. nobile |
[47] |
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Shihu samples and Dendrobium species |
TrnH-psbA |
Identification of various 'Fengdou' Dendrobium species 20 shihu samples |
[48] |
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Snake venom |
16S rDNA |
4 snake venom samples were all genuine |
[49] |
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2010 |
Baihuasheshecao samples and Hedyotis species |
ITS |
4 out of 7 samples were adulterated by H. corymbosa |
[50] |
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Madouling samples, Aristolochia, Cardiocrinum and Lilium species |
TrnH-psbA, trnL-trnF |
2 out of 4 Madouling samples from Taiwan and Yunnan were substituted by C. giganteum var. yunnanense |
[51] |
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2011 |
Cordyceps samples and related Cordyceps species |
EF-1α, ITS, nrLSU, rpb1 |
3 Cordyceps samples were genuine derived from C. sinensis, 5 samples were C. gunni from China and 1 sample was C. gunni from Tasmania |
[6] |
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Leigongteng samples, Tripterygium and Celastrus species |
5S rDNA spacer, ITS |
3 samples of Leigongteng were genuine herb derived from T. wilfordii, 2 samples were adulterants derived from Celastrus species |
[52] |
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Li et al. Chinese Medicine 2011 6:42 doi:10.1186/1749-8546-6-42 |
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