Herbalife International of America, Inc. 1 article published in JoVE Biology Field Identification of Matricaria chamomilla using a Portable qPCR System Zhengxiu Yang1, Zheng Quan2, Tiffany Chua3, Leo Li1, Yanjun Zhang3, Silva Babajanian2, Francesco Buongiorno4, Isabella Della Noce4, Lorenzo Colombo4, Steven Newmaster5, Tricia Chua3, Peter Chang3, Gary Swanson3, Zhengfei Lu2 1Herbalife NatSource (Hunan) Natural Products Co., Ltd., 2Corporate Quality Laboratory, Herbalife International of America, Inc., 3Corporate Quality, Herbalife International of America, Inc., 4Hyris Ltd, 5Natural Health Product Research Alliance, University of Guelph Presented here is a protocol for field identification of Matricaria chamomilla using a portable qPCR system. This easy-to-perform protocol is ideal as a method to confirm the identity of a botanical species at locations where access to laboratory equipment and expertise is limited, such as farms and warehouses.
