Authentication of Chinese medicinal materials by DNA technology
By: [edited by] P.C. Shaw, J. Wang, P.P.-H. But.
Contributors: Shaw, P.-C.; Wang, J.; But, Paul P. H.; Chinese University of Hong Kong. Chung Chi College.
Publisher: World Scientific
Published: 2002
Place of publication: River Edge, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
Subjects: Materia medica -- China -- Analysis.; DNA fingerprinting.; Medicine, Chinese -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions.; Materia Medica -- analysis.; Genetic Techniques.; Pharmaceutical Preparations -- standards.; Drugs, Chinese Herbal -- standards.; Drug Contamination -- prevention & control.; Medicine, Chinese Traditional.; Species Specificity.
Other titles: Chinese medicinal materials by DNA technology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"This volume is published in conjunction with the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Chung Chi College, the Chinese University of Hong Kong."
Table of contents: title: Molecular markers in Chinese medicinal materials / Pang-Chui Shaw .. [et al]; title: Methodology and equipment for general molecular techniques / Forrest Chung-Fai Yau and Fai-Ngor Ngan; title: Authentication of Chinese medicinal materials by polymerase chain reaction using arbitrarily chosen primers / Hui Cao ... [et al.]; title: Authentication of the components from a mixture of herbal materials / Kur-Ta Cheng; title: Authentication of Chinese medicinal materials by sequence characterised amplified region / Jun Wang ... [et al.]; title: Differentiation of Panax ginseng from P. quinquefolius by direct amplification of length polymorphisms / Wai-Yan Ha ... [et al.]; title: Authentication of animal medicinal materials by DNA moecular markers / Yiquan Wang and Kaiya Zhou; title: Authentication of medicinal Dendrobium species by the internal transcribed spacer of ribosomal DNA / David Tai-Wai Lau, Pang-Chui Shaw and Paul Pui-Hay But; title: Authentication by DNA sequencing of 5s rRNA and trnK genes / Hajime Mizukami; title: Authentication based on 18S ribosomal RNA gene and matK gene sequences / Katsuko Komatsu; title: Outlook / Pang-Chui Shaw ... [et al.].