Project:

Investigation of the Potential Mislabeling on Spice Products of the Lamiaceae Family

Students:

Peilin Zhen, Amana Malik, Yoel Dusi

Institution:

Queensborough Community College, Queens

Mentors:

Marianne Williams

Abstract:

Our research team tested 17 samples of spices from five genera of the Lamiaceae family from several different brands to determine the efficacy of the rbcL and matK primers and the accuracy in the labeling of products. We examined these spices for possible mislabeling through DNA barcoding.

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