Forensically informative nucleotide sequencing (FINS) for the authentication of Chinese medicinal materials

Li, Ming; Zhang, Kalin Yan-Bo; But, Paul Pui-Hay; Shaw, Pang-Chui

doi:10.1186/1749-8546-6-42

Chinese Medicine

Table 2 Representative examples of FINS identification of Chinese medicinal materials

From: Forensically informative nucleotide sequencing (FINS) for the authentication of Chinese medicinal materials

Year	Test material	DNA locus	Major finding	Reference
2002	Shihu samples and Dendrobium species	ITS	4 inspected samples of 'Fengdou' were identified	[7]
2003	Rhinoceros horns, Rhinoceros species and other mammals	Cyt b	2 samples were white rhinoceros and 4 samples were dark rhinoceros	[8]
2004	Snake blood and meat, and 90 snake species	Cyt b	6 unknown samples were identified as Python molurus and P. reticulates	[42]
2005	Chinese sika deer and Cervus Nippon subspecies	Mitochondrial control region	2 suspected samples were derived from wild population of C. Nippon kopschi	[43]
2007	Fresh and herbal samples of Dangshen	5S rDNA spacer	2 samples of Hong Dangshen were identified as Codonopsis pilosula var. modesta	[44]
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]
	Shihu samples and Dendrobium species	MatK	Identification of 4 Shihu samples: 3 were D. officinale and 1 were D. nobile	[47]
	Shihu samples and Dendrobium species	TrnH-psbA	Identification of various 'Fengdou' Dendrobium species 20 shihu samples	[48]
	Snake venom	16S rDNA	4 snake venom samples were all genuine	[49]
2010	Baihuasheshecao samples and Hedyotis species	ITS	4 out of 7 samples were adulterated by H. corymbosa	[50]
	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]
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]
	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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