Species evolution and quality evaluation of four Coptis herbal medicinal materials in Southwest China.

ABSTRACT: Coptis herbs, which are important herbal medicinal materials, are the dried rhizomes of various plants. In China's herbal market, drying herbs can severely influence morphological markers such as shape, color, and odor, which make consumers difficult to precisely identify the herbs and effectively evaluate the quality. Here, we present the phylogenetic analysis of four Coptis herbal medicinal materials based on internal transcribed spacer sequences. C. chinensis, C. omeiensis, C. deltoidea and C. teeta constituted a monophyletic group. In this group, C. omeiensis and C. deltoidea cluster together, and they form the sister group with C. teeta, and C. chinensis locate the outermost of C. omeiensis, C. deltoidea and C. teeta. At the same time, the HPLC-DAD method was applied to simultaneously

SUBMITTER: Chen H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5428121 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature