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The molecular identification of licorice species and the quality evaluation of licorice slices
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Rui YANG1, Wen-dong LI2, Yong-sheng MA1, Shan ZHOU1, Yu-tao XUE1, Rui-chao LIN3, *, Ying LIU1, *
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica | 2017, 52(2) : 318 - 326
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Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica | 2017, 52(2): 318-326
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The molecular identification of licorice species and the quality evaluation of licorice slices
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Rui YANG1, Wen-dong LI2, Yong-sheng MA1, Shan ZHOU1, Yu-tao XUE1, Rui-chao LIN3, *, Ying LIU1, *
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  • 1. School of Life Science, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100102, China
  • 2. Beijing Institute for Drug Control, Beijing 102206, China
  • 3. Traditional Chinese Medicine Quality Evaluation Research Center, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100102, China
Published: 2017-02-12 doi: 10.16438/j.0513-4870.2016-0602
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Licorice is one of the most common herbs in traditional Chinese medicine, and classified as top grade in Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing. There are three different original plants of licorice stipulated in Chinese Pharmacopeia, Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch., Glycyrrhiza glabra L., and Glycyrrhiza inflata Bat. However, previous investigation showed that the pharmacodynamic effects of the three licorices were quite different. It is very difficult to identify them by the classical identification methods. In order to establish a fast and effective identification method, we collected 240 licorice plants from 21 populations of 7 provinces, and amplified their ITS and psbA-trnH sequences. ITS sequences with a full length of 616 bp and psbA-trnH sequences with a full length of 389 bp were obtained separately. Using DNAMAN to analyze these sequences, 4 variable sites were found in ITS sequences and 2 ITS haplotypes were determined, and 3 variable sites were found in psbA-trnH sequences and 4 psbA-trnH haplotypes were determined. With the combination analysis of ITS and psbA-trnH sequences, the molecular identification method of original licorice was established. Using this method, 40 samples of licorice slices collected from 4 main herbal material markets in China were identified successfully. Furthermore, the contents of 2 triterpenes, 18α-glycyrrhizic acid and 18β-glycyrrhizic acid, and 4 flavonoids, liquiritin, isoliquiritin, liquiritigenin, and isoliquiritigenin in these licorice pieces were examined by HPLC and the results were analyzed using SPSS 21.0. This study provides a new method in identification of licorice, which may serve as a guideline for quality control of licorice slices.

Glycyrrhiza uralensis  /  Glycyrrhiza glabra  /  Glycyrrhiza inflata  /  ITS  /  psbA-trnH  /  molecular identification  /  HPLC  /  quality evaluation
Rui YANG, Wen-dong LI, Yong-sheng MA, Shan ZHOU, Yu-tao XUE, Rui-chao LIN, Ying LIU. The molecular identification of licorice species and the quality evaluation of licorice slices[J]. Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica, 2017 , 52 (2) : 318 -326 . DOI: 10.16438/j.0513-4870.2016-0602
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doi: 10.16438/j.0513-4870.2016-0602
  • Receive Date:2016-06-21
  • Online Date:2026-01-14
  • Published:2017-02-12
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  • Received:2016-06-21
  • Revised:2016-07-27
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    1. School of Life Science, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100102, China
    2. Beijing Institute for Drug Control, Beijing 102206, China
    3. Traditional Chinese Medicine Quality Evaluation Research Center, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100102, China
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表12种不同金属材料的力学参数

Family
属数
Number of
genus
种数
Number of
species
占总种数比例
Percentage of
total species (%)

Genus
种数
Number of
species
占总种数比例
Percentage of total
species (%)
鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae 2 11 5.26 鹅膏菌属 Amanita 10 4.78
小菇科 Mycenaceae 2 12 5.74 丝盖伞属 Inocybe 5 2.39
多孔菌科 Polyporaceae 8 14 6.70 蜡蘑属 Laccaria 5 2.39
红菇科 Russulaceae 3 23 11.00 小皮伞属 Marasmius 6 2.87
小菇属 Mycena 11 5.26
光柄菇属 Pluteus 5 2.39
红菇属 Russula 17 8.13
栓菌属 Trametes 5 2.39
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