The group has actively sought opportunities to disseminate research information not only to the scientific peer group, but to a wider audience of herbal medicine stakeholders and the general public:
Most relevant publications
Nazar, N.; Howard, C.; Slater, A.; Sgamma, T. Challenges in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants DNA Barcoding—Lessons from the Lamiaceae. Plants 2022, 11, 137.
Masiero E., Banik D., Abson J., Greene P., Slater A., Sgamma T. (2020) Molecular Verification of the UK National Collection of Cultivated Liriope and Ophiopogon Plants. Plants, 9, 558.
Howard C., Hill E., Kreuzer M., Mali P., Masiero E., Slater A., Sgamma T. (2019) DNA Authentication of St John’s Wort (Hypericum perforatum L.) Commercial Products Targeting the ITS Region. Genes 10 (4), 286
Sgamma T., Masiero E., Mali P., Mahat M., Slater A. (2018) Sequence-Specific Detection of Aristolochia DNA–A Simple Test for Contamination of Herbal Products. Frontiers in plant science 9, 1828
Masiero E., Banik D., Abson J., Greene P., Slater A., Sgamma T., (2017) Genus-Specific Real-Time PCR and HRM assays to distinguish Liriope from Ophiopogon samples. Plants 2017, 6 (4), 53
Sgamma T., Lockie-Williams C., Kreuzer M., Williams S., Scheyhing U., Koch E., Slater A., Howard C. (2017) DNA barcoding for industrial quality assurance. Planta Medica. 83 (14/15), pp. 1117-1123
Booker A., Zhai L., Gkouva C., Li S., Frommenwiler D., Reich E., Howard C., Sgamma T., Williams S., Slater A. and Heinrich M. (2016) Comparison of different Rhodiola species using NMR- metabolomics, HPTLC and DNA barcoding techniques.In: 9th Joint Natural Products Conference, 24 to end of 27 Jul 2016, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Slater A., Cayrou C., Howard C., Scheyhing U., Schoetz K., Sgamma T., Williams S. and Koch E. (2015) DNA Authentication of raw herbal drugs for Industrial Quality Assurance. Planta Medica, 81, (16), pp. 1397-1397