Background The internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) region of nuclear ribosomal DNA is
regarded as one of the candidate DNA barcodes because it possesses a number of valuable …

Huperzine A (HupA), isolated originally from a traditional Chinese medicine Qiang Ceng Ta,
whole plant of Huperzia serrata (Thunb. ex Murray) Trev., a member of the Huperziaceae …

Ethnopharmacological relevance The genus Polygonatum (Asparagaceae) comprises 71
species distributed throughout the temperate Northern Hemisphere. The medicinal plants of …

Background Illumina second generation sequencing is now an efficient route for generating
enormous sequence collections that represent expressed genes and quantitate expression …

This paper deals with an interdisciplinary study covering historic, botanical, phytochemical,
pharmacological and clinical aspects of rhubarb and related species, to lay stress on the …

Ethnopharmacological relevance Scutellaria (Lamiaceae), which includes approximately
360–469 accepted species, is widespread in Europe, North America, East Asia, and South …

Ethnopharmacological relevance Paeonia, which comprises approximately 52 shrubs or
herbaceous perennials around the world, is the only genus of the Paeoniaceae and is …

The starches separated from four different Dioscorea opposita Thunb. cultivars were investigated
for morphological, thermal, crystal, and physicochemical properties, such as amylose …

Ethnopharmacological relevance The genus Acer (Aceraceae), commonly known as maple,
comprises approximately 129 species that primarily grow in the northern hemisphere, …

The ecologically and economically important genus Chrysanthemum contains around 40
species and many hybrids and cultivars. The dried capitulum of Chrysanthemum morifolium (…