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Table 2 Description of the three tables in MMDBD database

From: An integrated web medicinal materials DNA database: MMDBD (Medicinal Materials DNA Barcode Database)

A) Barcode sequence

Field

Description

SeqId

Sequence ID in MMDBD, which consists of identifier "mmdbd" and 9 digital number

DNA Region

DNA region of medicinal material

CloneNumber

Clone number

Sequence

DNA sequence of a specific region

SampleIndex

Voucher number of authentic sample

SampleOrigin

Location where sample was collected

FowardPrimer

Forward primer for PCR

ReversePrimer

Reverse primer for PCR

Source

Source of the sequence: "Y" means that it was generated by our group; "N" means that it was extracted from paper or NCBI nucleotide database

NCBIAccessNum

NCBI accession number

MMId

Foreign key of "Medicinal material information" table

RefId

Foreign key of "Reference" table

B) Medicinal material information

Field

Description

MMId

Medicinal material ID

SpeciesName

Species name of medicinal material

VariantName

Variant name of medicinal material

Family

Family name of medicinal material

MMName

Medicinal name of medicinal material

MMType

Type of medicinal material: "P" for plant, "A" for animal, "I" for insect, and "F" for fungus

MedicalPart

Medical part of medicinal material

CITESApp

Appendices of CITES listed species

ParmacopeiaInfor

Listed species in Chinese Pharmacopoeia or American Herbal Pharmacopoeia

Adulterant

Adulterant of medicinal material

MMPhoto

File name of medicinal material image

NChs

Stroke number of medicinal material name in simplified Chinese

C) Reference

Field

Description

RefId

Reference ID

PMID

PubMed Unique Identifier (PMID) from PubMed

Title

Title of reference

Author

Author name of reference

Journal

Journal title, publication volume, date and page number

Abstract

Abstract of reference

Language

Language used