Villa-Hernández JM1, B García-Ocón2, E del C Sierra-Palacios2, C Pelayo-Zaldivar3, F Díaz de León-Sánchez1, LJ Pérez-Flores1, JA Mendoza-Espinoza2
Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.87, pp. 72-78, 2018, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2018.87.072
Abstract Mexico bears witness to a long-standing tradition in
the use of plants for medicinal purposes; nevertheless, standardized
methodological approaches for the proper identification of these are
still needed. The problem is especially noticeable during the validation
of ingredients in herbal preparations, as so many of them are sold as
powders. It is for these reasons that the present study aims to compare
the results of classic taxonomical assessments with those obtained
using more modern molecular techniques (e.g. PCR-amplified 18S
ribosomal RNA gene analysis) in one ethnobotanical case-study carried
out in the “Desierto de los Leones” National… More >
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