DNA barcoding of medicinal plant material for identification

- Various molecular biology techniques were applied for DNA barcoding of botanicals.
- Well known genomic regions (matK, ITS, psbA-trnH, rbcL) were used for DNA barcoding.
- Often several genomic regions were required for maximum identification success.
- Several databases with barcodes of botanicals are currently available.
- Next generation sequencing: future method of choice for barcoding?