50여개의 primer를 사용하여 잔대 Adenophora triphylla와 층층잔대 A. radiatifolia Nakai, 그리고 더덕 Codonopsis laceolata Trautv의 지역간, 속간의 차이점과 감별여부를 RAPD법으로 시행한 결과, 잔대와 층층잔대의 차이점은 거의 없었으며, 더덕의 지역차이는 0.889의 유전적거리를 나타내었다. 두 종(種)을 구별할 수 있는 특이 band로는 primer 357, 361, 363, 393 이었으며, 건조약재와 비교하였을 때 재현성이 확인되었고, 또한 잔대와 더덕의 건조약재를 각각 혼합시켰을 때 이를 구별할 수 있는 major band가 뚜렷이 나타나 혼용되어있는 건조약재에서의 감별이 가능함을 알 수 있었다..
Dried parts of the two species are difficult to distinguish morphologically, thus Codonopsis radix has been sold instead of Adenophorae radix in herbal medicine market. Therefore, this study was conducted to develop the genetic marker through the examination of the phylogenetic relationships between two Adenophora triphylla(Thunb.) A. DC. var. japonica Hara, two Adenophora radiatifolia Nakai, five Codonopsis lanceolata(Sieb. et Zucc)Trautv. using RAPD analysis. Fifty decarmer oligonucleotide primers were screened for the RAPD analysis, and four primers generated distinct RAPD markers specific to Adenophorae radix and Codonopsis radix. Based on the RAPD patterns, the genetic relationships between three herbal medicine were analyzed by UPGMA method. As a result, Adenophorae radix and Codonopsis radix were classified into two major subgroups on the basis of the genetic similarity coefficient. The specific RAPD patterns generated by the selected primers were reproducible from dried materials. Furthermore, the specific RAPD patterns were produced from the mixture of dried roots of A. triphylla and C. lanceolata. These results prone the usefulness of the RAPD analysis for the discrimination of pure materials from the mixtures of A. triphylla and C. lanceolata.
