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Published in final edited form as: J Nat Prod. 2015 Aug 5;78(8):2007–2022. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.5b00342

Table 1.

Summary of DNA Authentication Results for the 51 Acquired Licorice Samples

among the 51 acquired licorice samples	BC code	claimed species	DNA authentication results
11 misidentified Glycyrrhiza species, 21.5% of all samples	629	G. inflata	G. uralensis
	778	G. inflata	G. uralensis
	748	G. inflata	G. glabra
	716	G. glabra	G. uralensis
	750	G. uralensis	G. uralensis × *G. glabra*^a
	752	G. inflata	G. uralensis × *G. inf lata*^a
	758	Gan-cao	G. uralensis × *G. inf lata*^a
	772a	G. inflata	G. uralensis × *G. inf lata*^a
	782c	G. inflata	G. uralensis × *G. inf lata*^a
	782d	G. inflata	*G. uralensis^a × G. inflata*
	736	G. glabra	mixture: G. inflata and G. uralensis and other plant species
Eight samples acquired as “licorice” or G. glabra, but identified as mixtures of Glycyrrhiza species, 15.7% of all samples	625	G. glabra	mixture: G. inflata and G. uralensis or G. glabra
	686	G. glabra	mixture: G. glabra and G. uralensis
	741	Licorice	mixture: G inflata with G. uralensis or G. glabra
	742	Licorice	mixture: 3 G. species are present
	744	Licorice	mixture 3 G. species are present
	733	G. glabra	mixture: G. glabra with G. uralensis
	734	G. glabra	mixture: G. glabra with potentially G. inflata
	736	G. glabra	mixture: G. inflata and G. uralensis and other plant species

Genotype identified from the chloroplast DNA and corresponding to the maternal species (highlighted in bold).