Rapid Identification and Verification of Indirubin-Containing Medicinal Plants
Joint Authors
Chen, Shi-Lin
Hu, Zhigang
Tu, Yuan
Xia, Ye
Cheng, Peipei
Sun, Wei
Shi, Yuhua
Guo, Licheng
He, Haibo
Xiong, Chao
Zhang, Xiuqiao
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-05-18
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Indirubin, one of the key components of medicinal plants including Isatis tinctoria, Polygonum tinctorium, and Strobilanthes cusia, possesses great medicinal efficacy in the treatment of chronic myelocytic leukemia (CML).
Due to misidentification and similar name, materials containing indirubin and their close relatives frequently fall prey to adulteration.
In this study, we selected an internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) for distinguishing these indirubin-containing species from five of their usual adulterants, after assessing identification efficiency of matK, rbcL, psbA-trnH, and ITS2 among these species.
The results of genetic distances and neighbor-joining (NJ) phylogenetic tree indicated that ITS2 region is a powerful DNA barcode to accurately identify these indirubin-containing species and discriminate them from their adulterants.
Additionally, high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) was used to verify indirubin in different organs of the above species.
The results showed that indirubin had been detected in the leaves of Is.
tinctoria, P.
tinctorium, S.
cusia, and Indigo Naturalis (made from their mixture), but not in their roots, or in the leaves of their adulterants.
Therefore, this study provides a novel and rapid method to identify and verify indirubin-containing medicinal plants for effective natural treatment of CML.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Hu, Zhigang& Tu, Yuan& Xia, Ye& Cheng, Peipei& Sun, Wei& Shi, Yuhua…[et al.]. 2015. Rapid Identification and Verification of Indirubin-Containing Medicinal Plants. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1061557
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Hu, Zhigang…[et al.]. Rapid Identification and Verification of Indirubin-Containing Medicinal Plants. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1061557
American Medical Association (AMA)
Hu, Zhigang& Tu, Yuan& Xia, Ye& Cheng, Peipei& Sun, Wei& Shi, Yuhua…[et al.]. Rapid Identification and Verification of Indirubin-Containing Medicinal Plants. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1061557
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1061557