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Motoyasu Minami
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Identification of Angelica acutiloba, A. sinensis, and other Chinese medicinal Apiaceae plants by DNA barcoding
Crude drug Angelicae acutilobae radix is one of the most important crude drugs in Japanese traditional medicine and is used mainly for the treatment of gynecological disorders. In the listing in the Japanese P...
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Major ion compositions of springs and rivers in western Bhutan
We describe the water quality of springs and rivers at several sampling timepoints from November 2012 to March 2016 in the western region of the Kingdom of Bhutan, where there have been few limnological studie...
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Population genetic structure of wild Angelica acutiloba, A. acutiloba var. iwatensis, and their hybrids by atpF–atpA intergenic spacer in chloroplast DNA and genome-wide SNP analysis using MIG-seq
Sampling surveys of Angelica acutiloba and A. acutiloba var. iwatensis, which are medicinal plants endemic to Japan, were conducted in the Chubu region in the central area of the main island of Japan. A. acutilob...
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Ecological and pharmacognostical characteristics in Ephedra saxatilis in the Yarlung Zangbo River Valley of southeastern Tibetan Plateau, China
In the Yarlung Zangbo River Valley of the southeastern Tibetan Plateau, China (29°07′49.5"N, 92°41′11.0"E, 3256 m above sea level), we found an Ephedra saxatilis community in the xeric steppe with shrubland veget...
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Relationship between ephedrine alkaloid profile in Ephedra gerardiana and soil characteristics of glacial landforms in southeastern Tibetan Plateau, China
In the Kaluxung River catchment of the southeastern Tibetan Plateau in China, we identified three Ephedra gerardiana communities on different soils and glacial landforms from 4842 to 4899 m above sea level: a mor...
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Correction to: Physical and chemical characteristics of soils in Ephedra gerardiana and E. pachyclada habitats of Kali Gandaki Valley in Central Nepal
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Characterization of inter-annual changes in soil microbial flora of Panax ginseng cultivation fields in Shimane Prefecture of Western Japan by DNA metabarcoding using next-generation sequencing
Panax ginseng C.A.Mey. (Araliaceae) cultivation suffers from the inability to cultivate the same fields continuously for long durations due to replant failure. The main cause of replant failure is considered to b...
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Identification of Valeriana fauriei and other Eurasian medicinal valerian by DNA polymorphisms in psbA–trnH intergenic spacer sequences in chloroplast DNA
In order to differentiate among Valeriana fauriei Briq. and other Eurasian medicinal valerian (V. dioica L., V. hardwickii Wall., V. jatamansi Jones, and V. officinalis L.), we attempted to establish DNA markers....
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Environmental and soil characteristics in Ephedra habitats of Uzbekistan
In Uzbekistan, Ephedra distachya L., E. equisetina Bunge, E. foliata Boiss. ex C. A. Mey., E. lomatolepis Schrenk, and E. strobilacea Bunge show species specificity for habitat environments and physical and chemi...
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Physical and chemical characteristics of soils in Ephedra gerardiana and E. pachyclada habitats of Kali Gandaki Valley in Central Nepal
In the Kali Gandaki Valley in Central Nepal, Ephedra gerardiana and E. pachyclada show species specificity for physical and chemical characteristics of soils. Here, the relationship between soil characteristics a...
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Ecological, phylogenetical, and pharmacognostical characteristics of Aconitum kiyomiense endemic to Hida highlands, Takayama city, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
Aconitum kiyomiense Kadota (Ranunculaceae) is endemic to Takayama city, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan. We collected specimens from marshes and flood plains at altitudes ranging from 852 to 1085 m and from a new ...
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Evaluation of raw nepodin extraction from Rumex japonicus and R. obtusifolius and their DNA polymorphisms
Nepodin, found in the roots of Rumex japonicus Houtt. (Polygonaceae), inhibits osteoclast differentiation and has an antidiabetic effect. We propose nepodin as an ingredient of new functional foods or as a drug c...
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Limnological features of glacier-fed rivers in the Southern Tibetan Plateau, China
We describe the limnological features of six glacier-fed rivers located at an altitude of over 4,000 m in Southern Tibetan Plateau, China, based on diurnal observations of the water environment and biota in th...
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Preliminary survey of taxonomical problems, pharmacognostical characteristics, and chloroplast DNA polymorphisms of the folk medicinal herb Artemisia campestris from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan
Artemisia campestris L. (Compositae) occurs naturally along the coastline of the Ryukyu Islands and has been traditionally used as a folk medicine for the treatment of liver and kidney disorders. The authors obta...
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Identification of Curcuma plants and curcumin content level by DNA polymorphisms in the trnS-trnfM intergenic spacer in chloroplast DNA
With the goal of develo** an accurate plant identification method, molecular analysis based on polymorphisms of the nucleotide sequence of chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) was performed in order to distinguish four Curc...
