PMID- 30374697 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190531 LR - 20210109 IS - 1861-0293 (Electronic) IS - 1340-3443 (Linking) VI - 73 IP - 1 DP - 2019 Jan TI - Establishment of widely applicable DNA extraction methods to identify the origins of crude drugs derived from animals using molecular techniques. PG - 173-178 LID - 10.1007/s11418-018-1261-3 [doi] AB - We established widely applicable DNA extraction methods to identify the origins of crude drugs derived from animals. Twenty-one samples including 17 kinds of crude drug derived from animals were examined. DNA was extracted from most of the crude drugs by adjustment of the QIAamp((R)) DNA Mini Kit. DNA extraction was performed successfully using phenol to remove impurities after applying a proteinase treatment. DNA extraction was performed successfully by decalcification treatment using ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), before applying the proteinase treatment for crude drugs having high calcium content, such as those from oyster shell and cuttlefish bone. DNA could not be extracted from sea-ear shell using the EDTA decalcification treatment, but was extracted successfully using a TBONE EX KIT. The mitochondrial 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene region was amplified, and Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST) analysis was performed after sequencing. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) products of approximately 600 bp in length were obtained from all samples except donkey glue, one of the two seahorses, and longgu. Drug origins were determined in all samples by sequence analysis based on the BLAST results, and match rates were >97 %. Moreover, 16 samples had a match rate >99 %. Our DNA extraction methods were widely applicable to evaluation of many crude drugs derived from animals, and proved very useful for identifying the origins of such drugs. FAU - Nakanishi, Hiroaki AU - Nakanishi H AD - Department of Forensic Medicine, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan. hnakani@juntendo.ac.jp. FAU - Yoneyama, Katsumi AU - Yoneyama K AD - Department of Forensic Medicine, Saitama Medical University, 38 Morohongo, Moroyama, Saitama, 350-0495, Japan. FAU - Hayashizaki, Yoshie AU - Hayashizaki Y AD - Department of Forensic Medicine, Saitama Medical University, 38 Morohongo, Moroyama, Saitama, 350-0495, Japan. FAU - Hara, Masaaki AU - Hara M AD - Department of Forensic Medicine, Saitama Medical University, 38 Morohongo, Moroyama, Saitama, 350-0495, Japan. FAU - Takada, Aya AU - Takada A AD - Department of Forensic Medicine, Saitama Medical University, 38 Morohongo, Moroyama, Saitama, 350-0495, Japan. FAU - Saito, Kazuyuki AU - Saito K AD - Department of Forensic Medicine, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan. LA - eng GR - JP16K08304/Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JP)/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20181029 PL - Japan TA - J Nat Med JT - Journal of natural medicines JID - 101518405 RN - 0 (Complex Mixtures) RN - 0 (DNA, Bacterial) RN - 0 (Pharmaceutical Preparations) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Complex Mixtures/*metabolism MH - DNA, Bacterial/*metabolism MH - Pharmaceutical Preparations/*chemistry OTO - NOTNLM OT - BLAST analysis OT - Crude drugs OT - DNA extraction OT - Mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene OT - Origin identification EDAT- 2018/10/31 06:00 MHDA- 2019/06/01 06:00 CRDT- 2018/10/31 06:00 PHST- 2018/07/02 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/10/17 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/10/31 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/06/01 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/10/31 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s11418-018-1261-3 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s11418-018-1261-3 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Nat Med. 2019 Jan;73(1):173-178. doi: 10.1007/s11418-018-1261-3. Epub 2018 Oct 29.