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The chloroplast psbA-trnH DNA barcode distinguishes Qinghai-Xizang Plateau Rhododendron sources of Tibetan “Talegabao” versus “Talenabao,” while ITS2 fails due to high conservation.
- Why it matters: “Tale” medicines are limited by unclear botanical and chemical differences between two closely related Tibetan categories, creating a need for reliable identification and quality markers.
- What they did: They collected 46 specimens from nine Rhododendron species and used ITS2 and psbA-trnH sequencing, then quantified 10 flavonoid compounds by HPLC across all samples.
- The result: psbA-trnH separated the two medicine types, and “Talegabao” showed more than twice the total flavonoid content versus “Talenabao,” with compound-level differences suggesting chemical markers for quality evaluation.
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