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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 28.
Published in final edited form as: J Nat Prod. 2015 Aug 5;78(8):2007–2022. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.5b00342

Table 2.

DNA Authentication of 37 Samples Containing Single Glycyrrhiza Species

Glycyrrzhiza species code DNA markers
TGa claimed G. species originb
ITS rbcL matK psbA-trnH
uralensis 629 I-3 R-2 M-1 T-4 TG9 inflata China
uralensis 725 uralensis China
uralensis 751 uralensis Mongolia
uralensis 754 uralensis Mongolia
uralensis 755 uralensis Vietnam
uralensis 760 Gan-cao China
uralensis 778 I-3 R-2 M-1 T-1 TG8 inflata China
uralensis 716 glabra China
uralensis 624 uralensis China
uralensis 689 uralensis China
uralensis 759 “Gan-cao” China
uralensis 753 I-3 R-1 M-1 T-2 TG7 “Gan-cao” Vietnam
uralensis 756 “Gan-cao” China
glabra 289 I-2 R-1 M-1 T-2 TG3 glabra unknown
glabra 694 Italy
glabra 693 Italy
glabra 595 IL, US
glabra 727 MA, US
glabra 728 MA, US
glabra 729 MA, US
glabra 730 WA, US
glabra 731 MA, US
glabra 749 Afghanistan
glabra 743 “licorice” EU
glabra 745 Iran
glabra 757 “Gan-cao” China
glabra 747 glabra var. glabra Turkey, Nizip
glabra 748 inflata China, Xinjiang
glabra 044 I-2 R-1 M-1 T-1 TG2c glabra unknown
glabra 726 I-2 R-1 M-1 T-1d TG2c Egypt
glabra 732 Egypt
glabra 735 Egypt
glabra 695 Egypt
glabra 746 glabra var. glabra Turkey, Konya
inflata 711 I-2 R-1 M-2 T-3 TG5 inflata China
inflata 772b I-2 R-1 M-2 T-3 TG5 inflata China, Xinjiang
inflata 774 I-2 R-1 M-2 T-3 TG5 inflata China, Xinjiang
a

Total genotype (TG) determined by the composition of DNA markers.

b

Geographical origin of the sample when documented.

c

The “TG2” genotype can correspond to either G. inflata or G. glabra according to Kondo’s paper.27 “Gan-Cao”: Traditional Chinese medicine containing licorice.

d

With a novel “CTCTT” deletion.