Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research ( ISSN : 0975 – 7384 )
Genetic Markers - A Cutting-Edge Technology in Herbal Drug Research
by Shikha Srivastava and Nidhi Mishra
Abstract
There is a great demand for herbal medicines in the developed and developing countries because of their wide biological activity, higher safety margin than synthetic drugs as a result of this Herbal drugs have a great potential in the global market. Herbal drug technology is used for converting botanicals materials into medicines, where standardization and quality control with proper integration of modern scientific techniques and traditional knowledge is important .Extensive research on DNA-based molecular markers is in progress in many research institutes all over the world.DNA -based molecular have a great utility in the herbal drug analysis and widely used for the authentification of plant species of medicinal importance.
Key Words: DNA-based molecular markers, Genetic markers, Herbal drugs, Herbal medicine technology
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