Bar-HRM for authenticating soursop (Annona muricata) tea.

ABSTRACT: Drinking soursop (Annona muricata) tea has become popular in Thailand due to recent findings about the medicinal properties of soursop tea regarding anti-cancer in particular. Consequently, numerous A. muricata tea products were found to be sold on markets and relatively expensive. It is almost impossible to identify the plant species component in the tea bag or powder products using traditional methods which are based on morphological characters. Therefore, a main objective of this study is to develop a molecular method called Bar-HRM (DNA barcoding coupled with High Resolution Melting) for authenticating A. muricata products. Three chloroplast regions including matK, rbcL and trnL were selected for in silico analyses. The findings show that rbcL is the most suitable region to be used for

SUBMITTER: Osathanunkul M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6107521 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature