Table 1 Sequence analysis comparing core DNA barcode regions of C. cinereum and E. sonchifolia.

From: Differentiation of Cyanthillium cinereum, a smoking cessation herb, from its adulterant Emilia sonchifolia using macroscopic and microscopic examination, HPTLC profiles and DNA barcodes

 

rbcL

matK

ITS

psbA-trnH spacer

Length (bp)

    

C. cinereum

1,146

1521

743

544

E. sonchifolia

1,458

1518

752

561

GC content (%)

    

C. cinereum

43.70

33.26

44.01

29.23

E. sonchifolia

43.48

33.26

44.94

29.23

No. of variations (bp)

75

100

224

117

Nucleotide variation (%):

5.13

6.55

29.24

19.90

Interspecific divergence (%)

4.21

5.86

32.38

9.51

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