A novel biological sources consistency evaluation method reveals high level of biodiversity within wild natural medicine: A case study of Amynthas earthworms as "Guang Dilong"

• Main Authors: Zhimei Xing (Author), Han Gao (Author), Dan Wang (Author), Ye Shang (Author), Tenukeguli Tuliebieke (Author), Jibao Jiang (Author), Chunxiao Li (Author), Hong Wang (Author), Zhenguo Li (Author), Lifu Jia (Author), Yongsheng Wu (Author), Dandan Wang (Author), Wenzhi Yang (Author), Yanxu Chang (Author), Xiaoying Zhang (Author), Liuwei Xu (Author), Chao Jiang (Author), Luqi Huang (Author), Xiaoxuan Tian (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2023-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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For wild natural medicine, unanticipated biodiversity as species or varieties with similar morphological characteristics and sympatric distribution may co-exist in a single batch of medical materials, which affects the efficacy and safety of clinical medication. DNA barcoding as an effective species...