Weijuan Huang
Department of Biology, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Minzu University of China, Beijing 100081, PR China
[ 1 ] - Identification of Crocus sativus and its Adulterants from Chinese Markets by using DNA Barcoding Technique
Background: Saffron (Crocus sativus L.) is a common but very expensive herbal medicine. As an important traditional medicine, it has an outstanding effect in treating irregular and painful menstruation. Recently, the over-demand tendency of saffron results in an unusual phenomenon in the medicinal markets. Adulterants and saffron-like substitutes are intentionally mixed into medicinal markets a...
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