Preventing browning of extracted DNA pellet?

Kamesh Krishnamoorthy @Kamesh_Krishnamoorthy2

10 October 2017 1 10K Report

Often due to phenolic content in the plant, the DNA pellet which is extracted turns brown in colour. how to prevent the browning.

Frank Höger

Hi Kamesh

Sometimes it is a question of the pH, you could think about anti-oxidants too:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4444905/

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