Using frontier technologies for the quality assurance of medicinal herbs

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

  • Project code: PRJ-000763

  • Project stage: Closed

  • Project start date: Saturday, July 1, 2006

  • Project completion date: Wednesday, June 1, 2011

  • National Priority: NEPI-Feasibility studies and industry literature reviews

Summary

1. Refine the prototype DNA fingerprinting microarray developed for Chinese medicinal herbs, expanding its functionality to include other herbs important to the Australian herbal industry, e.g. Ayurvedic, Western and Pan-American herbs,
2. Develop a database of DNA fingerprints for economically important species and chemotypes of medicinal herbs.

Program

New and Emerging Plant Industries

Research Organisation

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

Objective Summary

1. Refine the prototype DNA fingerprinting microarray developed for Chinese medicinal herbs expanding its functionality to include other herbs important to the Australian herbal industry e.g. Ayurvedic Western and Pan-American herbs 2. Develop a database of DNA fingerprints for economically important species and chemotypes of medicinal herbs.