METHOD OF IDENTIFYING THE SPECIES OF PLANT BELONGING TO THE GENUS UNCARIA

摘要

It is intended to provide a method whereby the species of a plant belonging to the genus Uncaria can be identified at a high accuracy. Namely, a method of identifying the species of a plant belonging to the genus Uncaria contained in a test sample which comprises comparing the base sequence in the ITS region of the ribosomal DNA of the plant contained in the test sample with at least one base sequence in the ITS region selected from among the base sequences represented by SEQ ID NOS:1 to 11.