by Ngan Fai Ngor Karenda. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 128-134). / Acknowledgements --- p.i / Abstract --- p.ii / Table of Contents --- p.iii / Abbreviations --- p.viii / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Authentication of Chinese Medicinal Herbs / Chapter 1.1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Traditional Identification of Chinese Herbs / Chapter 1.2.1 --- Morphology --- p.3 / Chapter 1.2.2 --- Histology --- p.4 / Chapter 1.2.3 --- Chemical Analysis --- p.4 / Chapter 1.2.4 --- Proteins and Isozymes --- p.6 / Chapter 1.3 --- Molecular Technology in Authentication / Chapter 1.3.1 --- Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (RFLP) --- p.6 / Chapter 1.3.2 --- Polymerase Chain Reactions (PCRs) / Chapter 1.3.2.1 --- Random-Primed PCRs --- p.8 / Chapter 1.3.2.2 --- Simple Sequence Repeats --- p.10 / Chapter 1.3.2.3 --- Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism (AFLP) --- p.11 / Chapter 1.4 --- Objectives and Strategies of the Study --- p.13 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Materials and Methods / Chapter 2.1 --- Reagents and Buffers / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Buffers for Total DNA Extraction --- p.15 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Reagents for Agarose Gel Electrophoresis --- p.16 / Chapter 2.1.3 --- Reagents for Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis --- p.17 / Chapter 2.1.4 --- Reagents for Plasmid and Single-Stranded DNA Preparation --- p.17 / Chapter 2.1.5 --- Media for Bacterial Culture --- p.19 / Chapter 2.1.6 --- Reagents for Preparation of Competent Cells --- p.20 / Chapter 2.2 --- DNA Isolation / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Sample Preparation --- p.21 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Cetyl triethylammonium bromide (CTAB) Extraction --- p.21 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- Cesium Chloride Gradient Ultracentrifugation --- p.21 / Chapter 2.3 --- Phenol/Chloroform Extraction --- p.22 / Chapter 2.4 --- Ethanol Precipitation --- p.23 / Chapter 2.5 --- DNA Concentration/Purity Estimation --- p.23 / Chapter 2.6 --- Random-Primed Polymerase Chain Reactions / Chapter 2.6.1 --- Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) --- p.24 / Chapter 2.6.2 --- Arbitarily-Primed Polymerase Chain Reaction (AP-PCR) --- p.24 / Chapter 2.7 --- rDNA Amplification --- p.24 / Chapter 2.8 --- Agarose Gel Electrophoresis of DNA --- p.25 / Chapter 2.9 --- Purification of rDNA / Chapter 2.9.1 --- from Agarose Gel using Geneclean II Kit (Bio 101 Inc.) --- p.25 / Chapter 2.9.2 --- using Microspin´ёØ Columns --- p.26 / Chapter 2.10 --- Preparation of Escherichia coli Competent Cells --- p.26 / Chapter 2.11 --- Ligation and Transformation of Escherichia coli --- p.27 / Chapter 2.12 --- Isolation of Plasmid DNA --- p.27 / Chapter 2.13 --- Screening of Plasmid DNA by Restriction Digestion --- p.28 / Chapter 2.14 --- Isolation of Plasmid DNA / Chapter 2.14.1 --- Minipreparation of Plasmid using Magic´ёØ Miniprep DNA Purification Kit from Promega --- p.28 / Chapter 2.14.2 --- Megapreparation of Plasmid using Qiagen-tip100 --- p.28 / Chapter 2.15 --- Single-Stranded DNA Preparation / Chapter 2.15.1 --- Transfection --- p.29 / Chapter 2.15.2 --- Single-Stranded DNA Isolation --- p.29 / Chapter 2.16 --- DNA Sequencing / Chapter 2.16.1 --- Plasmid Sequencing using T7 Sequencing Kit --- p.30 / Chapter 2.16.2 --- Cycle Sequencing from PCR Products --- p.30 / Chapter 2.16.3 --- Cycle Sequencing from PCR Products or Plasmid --- p.31 / Chapter 2.16.4 --- DNA Sequencing Electrophoresis --- p.31 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Studies of Panax Species by Random-Primed PCRs / Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.34 / Chapter 3.2 --- Materials and Methods / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Plant Materials --- p.39 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- DNA Extraction and Random-Primed PCRs --- p.39 / Chapter 3.2.3 --- Data Analysis --- p.39 / Chapter 3.3 --- Results and Discussion / Chapter 3.3.1 --- DNA Isolation --- p.40 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- DNA Fingerprinting --- p.41 / Chapter 3.3.3 --- Relationship between the Six Panax Species --- p.45 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Studies of Acorus by Random-Primed PCRs / Chapter 4.1 --- Introduction --- p.48 / Chapter 4.2 --- Materials and Methods / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Plant Materials --- p.49 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- DNA Extraction and Random-Primed PCRs --- p.50 / Chapter 4.3 --- Results and Discussion / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Acorus DNA --- p.50 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- Reproducibility of Random-Primed PCRs --- p.51 / Chapter 4.3.3 --- DNA Fingerprinting --- p.53 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Studies of Epimedium by Random-Primed PCRs / Chapter 5.1 --- Introduction --- p.70 / Chapter 5.2 --- Materials and Methods / Chapter 5.2.1 --- Plant Materials --- p.71 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- DNA Extraction and Random-Primed PCRs --- p.71 / Chapter 5.3 --- Results and Discussion / Chapter 5.3.1 --- DNA Extraction --- p.71 / Chapter 5.3.2 --- DNA Fingerprinting --- p.72 / Chapter Chapter 6 --- Application of AP-PCR in Commercial Ginseng Products / Chapter 6.1 --- Introduction --- p.90 / Chapter 6.2 --- Materials and Methods / Chapter 6.2.1 --- Materials --- p.91 / Chapter 6.2.2 --- DNA Extraction and Random-Primed PCRs --- p.91 / Chapter 6.2.3. --- Data Analysis --- p.91 / Chapter 6.3 --- Results and Discussion / Chapter 6.3.1 --- DNA Isolation --- p.92 / Chapter 6.3.2 --- AP-PCR Analysis --- p.93 / Chapter Chapter 7 --- Ribosomal DNA as a Marker in Authentication of Panax Species / Chapter 7.1 --- Introduction --- p.99 / Chapter 7.2 --- Materials and Methods / Chapter 7.2.1 --- Plant Materials --- p.100 / Chapter 7.2.2 --- DNA Extraction and rDNA Amplification --- p.101 / Chapter 7.2.3 --- rDNA Sequencing --- p.101 / Chapter 7.2.4 --- Generation of Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms / Chapter 7.2.4.1 --- Restriction Digestion of rDNA Fragment --- p.102 / Chapter 7.2.4.2 --- Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis (PAGE) --- p.103 / Chapter 7.2.4.3 --- Silver Staining for Nucleic Acids --- p.103 / Chapter 7.2.5 --- Data Analysis --- p.104 / Chapter 7.3 --- Results and Discussion / Chapter 7.3.1 --- rDNA Amplification and Plasmid Isolation --- p.104 / Chapter 7.3.2 --- rDNA Sequencing / Chapter 7.3.2.1 --- Sequence Comparison between the Six Panax species and the Two Adulterants --- p.107 / Chapter 7.3.3 --- Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms / Chapter 7.3.3.1 --- Restriction Profiles between Ginsengs and their Adulterants --- p.113 / Chapter 7.3.3.2 --- Restrciton Profiles of Ginsengs from Different Sources --- p.118 / Chapter 7.3.4 --- Panax Phylogeny --- p.121 / Chapter Chapter 8 --- General Discussion / Chapter 8.1 --- Advantages of Random-Primed PCRs --- p.124 / Chapter 8.2 --- Weaknesses of the Random-Primed PCRs --- p.125 / Chapter 8.3 --- Molecular Markers for Phylogenetic Studies --- p.126 / Chapter 8.4 --- Specific PCR-RFLP Patterns in Authentication --- p.126 / Chapter 8.5 --- Conclusions --- p.127 / References --- p.128 / Appendix --- p.135
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_321854 |
| Date | January 1997 |
| Contributors | Ngan, Fai Ngor Karenda., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Biochemistry. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, viii, 141 leaves : ill. (some col., some mounted) ; 30 cm. |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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