Identification of Dendrobium Species Used for Herbal Medicines Based on Ribosomal DNA Internal Transcribed Spacer Sequence
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- Takamiya Tomoko
- School of Pharmacy, Nihon University
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- Wongsawad Pheravut
- Institute of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Tsukuba
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- Tajima Natsuko
- Institute of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Tsukuba
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- Shioda Nao
- School of Pharmacy, Nihon University
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- Lu Jun Feng
- School of Pharmacy, Nihon University
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- Wen Chi Luan
- Graduate Institute of Chinese Pharmaceutical Sciences, China Medical University
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- Wu Jin Bin
- Graduate Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, China Medical University
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- Handa Takashi
- School of Agriculture, Meiji University
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- Iijima Hiroshi
- School of Pharmacy, Nihon University
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- Kitanaka Susumu
- School of Pharmacy, Nihon University
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- Yukawa Tomohisa
- Tsukuba Botanical Garden, National Museum of Nature and Science
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Abstract
Stems of genus Dendrobium (Orchidaceae) have been traditionally used as an herbal medicine (Dendrobii Herba) in Eastern Asia. Although demand for Dendrobium is increasing rapidly, wild resources are decreasing due to over-collection. This study aimed to identify plant sources of Dendrobii Herba on the market based on sequences of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions of nuclear ribosomal DNA. We constructed an ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 sequence database of 196 Dendrobium species, and the database was employed to identify 21 herbal samples. We found that 13 Dendrobium species (D. catenatum, D. cucullatum, D. denudans, D. devonianum, D. eriiflorum, D. hancockii, D. linawianum, D. lituiflorum, D. loddigesii, D. polyanthum, D. primulinum, D. regium, and D. transparens) were possibly used as plant sources of Dendrobii Herba, and unidentified species allied to D. denudans, D. eriiflorum, D. gregulus, or D. hemimelanoglossum were also used as sources. Furthermore, it is clear that D. catenatum is one of the most important sources of Dendrobii Herba (5 out of 21 samples).
Journal
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- Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin
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Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin 34 (5), 779-782, 2011
The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390001204625074944
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- NII Article ID
- 130000657796
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- NII Book ID
- AA10885497
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- ISSN
- 13475215
- 09186158
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- NDL BIB ID
- 11058077
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- Text Lang
- en
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
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