The invention discloses a method for quickly extracting ribonucleic acid (
RNA) from
ginseng leaf tissues, and relates to a method for extracting the
RNA. The method solves the problems that steps are complex, the consumed time is long, more medicaments are used, and the cost is high existing in the conventional method for extracting the
RNA from the
ginseng leaf tissues. The method comprises the following steps of: 1,
grinding the
ginseng leaf tissues into
powder in
liquid nitrogen, adding extraction
buffer solution, beta-mercaptoethanol,
Tris balanced
phenol and
chloroform, oscillating, and centrifuging; 2, taking supernatant, adding the
Tris balanced
phenol and the
chloroform, oscillating, centrifuging, taking supernatant, adding the
chloroform, oscillating, and centrifuging; 3, taking supernatant, adding isopropanol, precipitating, centrifuging, and abandoning supernatant; and 4, washing an RNA precipitate by using
ethanol, and air-
drying the precipitate in the air to obtain the RNA. Compared with the conventional cetyltrimethyl
ammonium bromide (CTAB) method and the like, the method has the advantages that the extraction effect is higher, the time is short, and the method is easy to operate; and the extraction cost is low compared with that of a
commercial kit.