Abstract:
β-Amyrin synthase (
β-AS) genes of
Glycyrrhiza uralensis from 6 different regions were analyzed by PCR-SSCP and sequenced, then the correlationship between
β-AS SNP and regions of
Glycyrrhiza uralensis were determined. According to the 1 coding single nucleotide polymorphism on the first exon of
β-AS gene at 94 bp site,
Glycyrrhiza uralensis could be divided into 3 genotypes. In these genotypes, the percentage of 94A type in genuine regions was much higher, and it had significant differences with the percentage in non-genuine regions (
P < 0.001). The results of the experiment proved that different
β-AS genotypes at 94 bp site from different regions may be one of the important reasons to result in the genuineness of
Glycyrrhiza uralensis.