Table 1 Evaluation of the three DNA barcode regions used for Garcinia species.

From: Authentication of Garcinia fruits and food supplements using DNA barcoding and NMR spectroscopy

DNA regions

Reference PCR success (%)

Aligned sequence

(bp)

Intraspecific distance

(mean ± SD)

Interspecific distance

(mean ± SD)

p-value

Parsimony-informative sites

ITS

100

581

0.037 ± 0.010

0.153 ± 0.085

<0.01

278

psbA-trnH

79

493

0.037 ± 0.010

0.129 ± 0.044

<0.01

198

rbcL

93

710

0.011 ± 0.005

0.023 ± 0.007

<0.01

70