Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Patent applications for using DNA technologies to authenticate medicinal herbal material. | Chinese Medicine BioMed Central Open Access Patent applications for using DNA technologies to authenticate medicinal herbal material Pang-Chui Shaw 1 2 Ka-Lok Wong2 Albert Wai-Kit Chan3 Wai- Cheong Wong3 and Paul Pui-Hay But2 4 Address Department of Biochemistry Chinese University of Hong Kong Shatin Hong Kong PR China institute of Chinese Medicine Chinese University of Hong Kong Shatin Hong Kong PR China 3Law Offices of Albert Wai-Kit Chan PLLC Whitestone New York 11357 USA and 4Department of Biology Chinese University of Hong Kong Shatin Hong Kong PR China Email Pang-Chui Shaw - pcshaw@ Ka-Lok Wong - klwong@ Albert Wai-Kit Chan - akitchan@ Wai-Cheong Wong - wongw@ Paul Pui-Hay But - paulbut@ Corresponding author Published 24 November 2009 Received 29 July 2008 Accepted 24 November 2009 Chinese Medicine 2009 4 21 doi 1749-8546-4-21 This article is available from http content 4 1 21 2009 Shaw et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract_ Herbal medicines are used in many countries for maintaining health and treating diseases. Their efficacy depends on the use of the correct materials and life-threatening poisoning may occur if toxic adulterants or substitutes are administered instead. Identification of a medicinal material at the DNA level provides an objective and powerful tool for quality control. Extraction of high-quality DNA is the first crucial step in DNA authentication followed by a battery of DNA techniques including whole genome fingerprinting DNA sequencing and DNA microarray to establish the identity of the material. New or improved .
