期刊
PLANTS-BASEL
卷 10, 期 10, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/plants10102120
关键词
DNA barcoding; DNA metabarcoding; HTS; herbal teas; food fraud; ITS2; psbA-trnH
资金
- Italian Ministry of University and Research through the grant 'Dipartimenti di Eccellenza, 2017' within the CHRONOS project
The study evaluated the potential of DNA metabarcoding in identifying commercial medicinal plant products, with ITS2 marker capable of identifying more species. The experiment also demonstrated the application of DNA metabarcoding in relative quantitative analysis.
Medicinal plants have been widely used in traditional medicine due to their therapeutic properties. Although they are mostly used as herbal infusion and tincture, employment as ingredients of food supplements is increasing. However, fraud and adulteration are widespread issues. In our study, we aimed at evaluating DNA metabarcoding as a tool to identify product composition. In order to accomplish this, we analyzed fifteen commercial products with DNA metabarcoding, using two barcode regions: psbA-trnH and ITS2. Results showed that on average, 70% (44-100) of the declared ingredients have been identified. The ITS2 marker appears to identify more species (n = 60) than psbA-trnH (n = 35), with an ingredients' identification rate of 52% versus 45%, respectively. Some species are identified only by one marker rather than the other. Additionally, in order to evaluate the quantitative ability of high-throughput sequencing (HTS) to compare the plant component to the corresponding assigned sequences, in the laboratory, we created six mock mixtures of plants starting both from biomass and gDNA. Our analysis also supports the application of DNA metabarcoding for a relative quantitative analysis. These results move towards the application of HTS analysis for studying the composition of herbal teas for medicinal plants' traceability and quality control.
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