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DNA Barcoding in Plants

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I like to know how things work, and researching DNA barcoding in plants opened up a whole new world I was only partly familiar with. DNA barcoding is a method that examines regions on DNA to categorize animals, insects, plants, and just about everything else on this planet that has DNA.

I first learned about using DNA to identify organisms when I wrote the section on the microbiome in Real-Life Detox. Using specific regions of the DNA strand, scientists were able to identify more than 5 . . .

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Herbal Supplements Under Fire

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The health news headlines were all abuzz last week. The New York State Attorney General sent out cease and desist notices to four of the largest retailers in the country relating to the sale of several herbal products because based on testing hired by the NYS Attorney General’s Office, the herbal products did not contain much, if any, of the herbs on the label. Further, they contained some other substances that were not on the label such as rice and other plants.

You can imagine the result. Those opposed to herbal products yelled and screamed, “I told you so . . .

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