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ArticlePlants (Basel, Switzerland)2021

DNA-Based Herbal Teas' Authentication: An ITS2 and

Jessica Frigerio, Giulia Agostinetto, Valerio Mezzasalma, Fabrizio De Mattia, Massimo Labra, Antonia Bruno

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Article in Plants (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jessica FrigerioFEM2-Ambiente, Piazza della Scienza 2, I-20126 Milano, Italy.
Giulia AgostinettoZooplantlab, Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 2, I-20126 Milano, Italy.
Valerio MezzasalmaFEM2-Ambiente, Piazza della Scienza 2, I-20126 Milano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7651-4567
Fabrizio De MattiaFEM2-Ambiente, Piazza della Scienza 2, I-20126 Milano, Italy.
Massimo LabraZooplantlab, Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 2, I-20126 Milano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1065-5804
Antonia BrunoZooplantlab, Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 2, I-20126 Milano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1929-6652
Ambiente Italia (Italy) · ITUniversity of Milano-Bicocca · IT

Funding

Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca Dipartimenti di Eccellenza-2017
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Medicinal plants have been widely used in traditional medicine due to their therapeutic properties. Although they are mostly used as herbal infusion and tincture, employment as ingredients of food supplements is increasing. However, fraud and adulteration are widespread issues. In our study, we aimed at evaluating DNA metabarcoding as a tool to identify product composition. In order to accomplish this, we analyzed fifteen commercial products with DNA metabarcoding, using two barcode regions:

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DNA barcodingDNA metabarcodingfood fraudherbal teasHTSITS2psbA-trnH

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PMID34685929
PMCPMC8539046
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