Acid phenol is used in molecular biology for the isolation of RNA. RNA isolation is a tricky and extremely sensitive procedure. Moreover, RNA is an extremely unstable molecule and tends to degrade very easily. Hence it is important to remove al contaminating products as a part of the purification process. DNA is a common contaminant of RNA isolates and careful removal of DNA is important. Acid phenol is a reagent which is commonly incorporated for the elimination of DNA contamination in RNA samples. The reagent causes the DNA to degraded which moves into the organic phase. This phase can be easily separated out using gradient separation. Addition of acid phenol to chloroform facilitates density-based separation as chloroform adds density to the organic phase, thus allowing a cleaner phase separation from the aqueous phase. Genei provides Acid Phenol for easy purification of RNA samples.

Product specifications:

Product name: Acid Phenol

Brand: Genei

Catalogue number: 612000000000000

Quantity: 60 mL