Deep Sequencing of Plant and Animal DNA Contained within Traditional Chinese Medicines Reveals Legality Issues and Health Safety Concerns

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been practiced for thousands of years, but only within the last few decades has its use become more widespread outside of Asia. Concerns continue to be raised about the efficacy, legality, and safety of many popular complementary alternative medicines, includin...

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Main Authors: Coghlan, Megan, Haile, James, Houston, J., Murray, D., White, Nicole, Moolhuijzen, P., Bellgard, M., Bunce, Michael
Format: Journal Article
Published: Public Library of Science 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/32257