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Letter
| Planta Med 2006; 72: 860-862
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-946685 |
© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York |
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Detection of Genetic Homogeneity of Panax notoginseng Cultivars by Sequencing Nuclear 18S rRNA and Plastid matK Genes |
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| Ying Zhang1,2, Jin-Chao Zhang3,5, Ming-Hui Huang2,3, Meng-Su Yang2,3, Hui Cao1,4 |
1 Institute of Materia Medica, China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing, P. R. China
2 Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, P. R. China
3 Shenzhen Research Institute of City University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, P. R. China
4 National Engineering Research Center for Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhuhai, P. R. China
5 College of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Hebei University, Baoding, P. R. China |
Abstract
The nuclear 18S rRNA and chloroplast matK genes of 18 samples of Panax notoginseng and its processed material Sanqi (Radix Notoginseng) were analyzed. The two genes, regardless of cultivar origin, were found to be identical to genotype R1 and M1, respectively, of the published sequences (GenBank accession no. D85171 and AB027526). This phenomenon implies that the species is highly conserved, which is probably caused by the use of the same strain in cultivation and the lack of active mutation in these two genes.
Supporting information available online at http://www.thieme-connect.de/ejournals/toc/plantamedica
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