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Table 2 Primers used for PCR amplification and sequencing

From: Identification of constituent herbs in ginseng decoctions by DNA markers

Herbal species

Primer pair

Primer name

Direction

Primer sequence (5′ to 3′)

Amplicon size (bp)

Annealing temperature (°C)

Gene or spacer region

A. carmichaeli

1

Aca_F1

Forward

GGTGCATGTCTGGCTTAG

148

66

trnH-psbA

  

Aca_R1

Reverse

TCACCAAACCAACACCAATC

   

A. macrocephala

2

Ama_F1

Forward

CGACCCGCGAACATGTAAC

108

56

ITS2

  

Ama_R1

Reverse

CGAGGCCCCGATAGGTG

   

G. uralensis

3

Gur_F1

Forward

ACAGACCGTTGCCCGAC

106

57

ITS2

  

Gur_R1

Reverse

CAGTTTTGAGCCAACCGTGAG

   

P. ginseng

4

Pgi_F1

Forward

GGCAGTTGGCTAATGAAAGGTTGTA

88

64

26S-18S

  

Panax_R1

Reverse

AAGCACCGCTATGCGCGAA

   
 

5

Pgi_F2

Forward

TGAAAGGTTGTAATAGTTT

249

48

26S-18S

  

Pgi_R1

Reverse

AATGAAAAGGAATGAAAG

   
 

6

Pgi_F3

Forward

ACGGTTGCTTTTCCATCATTGTGT

311

64

26S-18S

  

Panax_R1

Reverse

AAGCACCGCTATGCGCGAA

   
 

7

Pgi_SPF1

Forward

TGTCGGGCAAGGCCAAAAATG

121

64

26S-18S

  

Panax_R1

Reverse

AAGCACCGCTATGCGCGAA

   
 

8

Panax_F1

Forward

GGTGCTTTGAGTGCTGCTGA

121 and 191

64

26S-18S

  

Pgi_SPF1

Forward

TGTCGGGCAAGGCCAAAAATG

   
  

Panax_R1

Reverse

AAGCACCGCTATGCGCGAA

   

P. ginseng, P. quinquefolius

9

Panax_F1

Forward

GGTGCTTTGAGTGCTGCTGA

191

64

26S-18S

  

Panax_R1

Reverse

AAGCACCGCTATGCGCGAA

   

Z. officinale

10

Zof_F1

Forward

GTAAAAGTCGGCAGTCGC

106

65

ITS2

  

Zof_R1

Reverse

CACGCAGGGTCTCTTGAGG