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ArticleScientific reports2017

Weigh Biomaterials by Quantifying Species-specific DNA with Real-time PCR.

Rong Chen, Jiayu Wang, Yi Yuan, Yun Deng, Xianrong Lai, Feng Du, Juan Dong, Xin Huang, Xin Cui, Zhuo Tang

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Rong ChenNatural Products Research Center, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, P. R. China.
Jiayu WangNatural Products Research Center, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, P. R. China.
Yi YuanNatural Products Research Center, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, P. R. China.
Yun DengPharmacy College, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, 611137, P. R. China.
Xianrong LaiEthnomedicine College, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, 611137, P. R. China.
Feng DuNatural Products Research Center, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, P. R. China.
Juan DongNatural Products Research Center, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, P. R. China.
Xin HuangNatural Products Research Center, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, P. R. China.
Xin CuiNatural Products Research Center, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, P. R. China.
Zhuo TangNatural Products Research Center, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, P. R. China. tangzhuo@cib.ac.cn.

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Abstract

What's on the label is not what's in the bottle, from food products to herbal medicinal products (HMPs), economically-motivated biomaterials adulteration is a long-term problem affecting the food and drug industry. Accurate identification of the biomaterial ingredients in processed commodities is highly desirable. In this field, DNA-based techniques have proved to be powerful tools to overcome qualitative challenges. However, is it possible to quantify the weight of biological materials with PCR? Therefore, a basic scientific question needs to be answered: what's the relationship between DNA content and the mass of biological materials? Is DNA content directly proportional to the mass of biological materials as most of the researchers previously thought? In this study, we firstly found that there exists a linear relation between DNA contents and the weight of biomaterials indeed when the analytical practices are fully controlled. In this case, the mass of targeted biomaterials in the highly processed commercial products can also be calculated by quantifying the species-specific DNA through classic real-time PCR with a good reproducibility.

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CrocusDNAPlants, MedicinalQuality ControlReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionReproducibility of ResultsSpecies SpecificityDNA

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PMCPMC5500521

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