Authentication of dongchongxiacao and abalone
Chan, Wing Hin. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2011. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 126-143). ; Abstracts in English and Chinese. ; Acknowledgement --- p.ii ; Abstract --- p.iii ; 摘要 --- p.vi ; Table of Content --- p.viii ; List of Figures --- p.xiv ; List of Tables --- p.xvi ; Abbreviations --- p.xviii ; Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.1 --- Food and herb authentication --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.1.1 --- Background and definition --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.1.2 --- Importance of species identification in food and herb authentication --- p.2 ; Chapter 1.1.2.1 --- Primary health care --- p.2 ; Chapter 1.1.2.2 --- Food and herb safety --- p.3 ; Chapter 1.1.2.3 --- Conservation --- p.4 ; Chapter 1.1.3 --- Methods for species identification in food and herb authentication --- p.4 ; Chapter 1.1.3.1 --- Morphological identification --- p.5 ; Chapter 1.1.3.2 --- Chemical analysis --- p.6 ; Chapter 1.1.3.3 --- Molecular analysis --- p.9 ; Chapter 1.1.4 --- Legislation --- p.11 ; Chapter 1.1.4.1 --- Labeling ´ب --- p.11 ; Chapter 1.1.4.2 --- Chinese medicine : --- p.12 ; Chapter 1.1.4.3 --- Conservation --- p.12 ; Chapter 1.2 --- Dongchongxiacao --- p.13 ; Chapter 1.2.1 --- Background information of Dongchongxiacao --- p.13 ; Chapter 1.2.2 --- Classification of fungal part of Dongchongxiacao --- p.14 ; Chapter 1.2.3 --- Dongchongxiacao as a Traditional Chinese Medicine. --- p.15 ; Chapter 1.2.4 --- The Dongchongxiacao market --- p.16 ; Chapter 1.2.5 --- Adulteration and contamination of Dongchongxiacao --- p.18 ; Chapter 1.2.6 --- Authentication of Dongchongxiacao --- p.19 ; Chapter 1.2.6.1 --- Morphological identification --- p.19 ; Chapter 1.2.6.2 --- Chemical analysis --- p.20 ; Chapter 1.2.6.3 --- Molecular analysis --- p.22 ; Chapter 1.2.6.3.1 --- "FINS analysis with genomic ITS, nrLSU, EF-lα and rpbl regions for fungal analyses" --- p.22 ; Chapter 1.2.6.3.2 --- FINS analysis with mitochondrial CytB and COI regions for caterpillar analyses --- p.24 ; Chapter 1.3 --- ...