Method for extracting total RNA

Abstract

The invention relates to an optimized method for extracting total RNA of a plant material, which comprises the steps of: 1, grinding a fresh plant material into fine powder under a liquid nitrogen condition, and transferring to a centrifuge tube containing a cell lysing solution; 2, adding a protein-DNA settling solution in the centrifuge tube in the step 1; 3, transferring supernate to a new centrifuge tube, and adding isopropanol; 4, discarding the supernate, washing sediments with alcohol, drying in air, and adding a DNA enzyme I solution diluted with DEPC (diethyl pyrocarbonate) water; 5, adding the DEPC water and a guanidine hydrochloride solution; 6, transferring the supernate to the new centrifuge tube, and adding LiCl solution; and 7, centrifuging, washing with alcohol, drying in air, and dissolving in the DEPC water for storing at low temperature. The invention has the advantages of simple operation steps, convenience of operation and no need of extracting the total RNA with conventional organic solvents (phenol and chloroform), thereby preventing polluting the environment without hurting a human body.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to an optimized method for extracting total RNA from plant materials. Background technique [0002] At present, there are many methods for extracting total RNA from common plant materials, mainly including SDS-Phenol method, CTAB method, Trizol method, guanidine isothiocyanate method, hot boric acid method, etc. These methods all use organic solvents in the extraction process. (Balanced phenol, chloroform) to extract and remove organic substances such as protein, DNA, polysaccharides, polyphenols, etc. in the material, because most of the organic solvents have strong carcinogenicity, high toxicity, and seriously pollute the environment. In some RNA extraction methods, acidic phenol extraction is used to remove protein and DNA, but the effect is not satisfactory. We urgently need a low-cost, simple and convenient operation, no pollution to the environment, little harm to the human body, and no organic solvent extraction at all, wh...

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[0002] At present, there are many methods for extracting total RNA from common plant materials, mainly SDS-Phenol method, CTAB method, Trizol method, guanidine isothiocyanate method, hot boric acid method, etc. These methods all use organic solvents in the extraction process (Balanced phenol, chloroform) to extract and remove organic substances such as protein, DNA, polysaccharides, polyphenols, etc. in the material, because most of the organic solvents have strong carcinogenicity, high toxicity, and seriously pollute the environment

There are also some RNA extraction methods that use acidic phenol extraction to remove protein and DNA, but the effect is not ideal

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