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Application of Chemical Fingerprint in Studies of Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms

LI Yan1,2, ZHANG Ji1, JIN Hang1,2, WANG Yuanzhong1,*   

  1. 1. Institute of Medicinal Plants, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kunming 650200, China;
    2. College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Yunnan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Kunming 650500, China
  • Online:2016-01-15 Published:2016-01-15

Abstract:

Chemical fingerprint is a widely applicable technology that can reflect the entire information on substances
according to the comprehensive chemical components and their contents. It also can overcome the limitation of qualitative
and quantitative analyses of samples for just one or several compounds. This technique plays an important role in the species
and geographical discrimination as well as quality evaluation of edible and medicinal mushrooms. In this review, the current
status and progress in the applications of chemical fingerprint in the studies of edible and medicinal mushrooms made by
both domestic and foreign scholars have been summarized. This review may provide references for the development and
utilization of edible and medicinal mushrooms.

Key words: edible and medicinal mushrooms, chemical fingerprint, pattern recognition

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