Comparative analysis of the medicinal plant Polygonatum kingianum (Asparagaceae) with related verticillate leaf types of the Polygonatum species based on chloroplast genomes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Polygonatum kingianum has been widely used as a traditional Chinese medicine as well as a healthy food. Because of its highly variable morphology, this medicinal plant is often difficult to distinguish from other related verticillate leaf types of the Polygonatum species. The contaminants in P. kingianum products not only decrease the products' quality but also threaten consumer safety, seriously inhibiting the industrial application of P. kingianum.

Methods

Nine complete chloroplast (cp) genomes of six verticillate leaf types of the Polygonatum species were de novo assembled and systematically analyzed.

Results

The total lengths of newly sequenced cp genomes ranged from 155,437 to 155,977 bp, including 86/87 protei

SUBMITTER: Shi N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10482041 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature