Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) preparations are widely used for healthcare and clinical practice. So far, the methods commonly used for quality evaluation of TCM preparations mainly focused on chemical ingredients. The biological ingredient analysis of TCM preparations is also important because TCM preparations usually contain both plant and animal ingredients, which often include some mis-...

Detection of Brucella species using nucleic acid techniques requires efficient unbiased DNA extraction procedures. In this study, we compared six protocols for DNA isolation from pure culture of Brucella melitenses 16M and the efficiency of different extraction processes were evaluated using Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR).These protocols included boiling, the use of CTAB phenol chloroform extr...

Phytoplasma cause many important vector-borne and graft-transmissible plant diseases. They can affect different host plants. In this work we concentrated on the optimization of diagnostic procedures of pyhtoplasma on fruit trees. The extraction of DNA from the samples is necessary for the molecular analyses that follow. In our experiment we compared two extraction methods – CTAB and automatic e...

A quick, simple and improved DNA extraction method from polysaccharide rich leaves of Boswellia serrata Roxb. has been developed. Different methods involving use of CTAB and SDS with or without modification were used. A CTAB based extraction method which uses diatomite to remove polysaccharides, such as, gums and resin, proved to be the best. This method allowed recovery of good quality DNA in ...

Btana is traditional preservation method that can sustain date’s supply during many years in comparaison to the commercial storage methods. However no scientific informations are available about biological factors that contribute to the successful of this method. Bacterial communities are a major key in preservation of many foods. Culture independent techniques are the most powerful tools to en...

PREMISE OF THE STUDY An efficient, effective DNA extraction method is necessary for comprehensive analysis of plant genomes. This study analyzed the quality of DNA obtained using paper FTA cards prepared directly in the field when compared to the more traditional cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB)-based extraction methods from silica-dried samples. METHODS DNA was extracted using FTA cards...

High-quality DNA extraction plays an important role to make sharp bands in the gel electrophoresis and also produces clean chromatograms. Usually, DNA extract is delivered using the modified CTAB method but this method cannot obtain high-quality DNA for molecular analysis from old dried leaves of Bellevalia due to having different chemical compounds which inhibit to obtain a clear DNA extractio...

We examined four strategies (Tris/EDTA, sodium dodecyl sulfate, Chelex 100 resin and cetyltrimethylammonium bromide -CTAB-) for extracting nucleic acid (DNA) from communities of nematodes. Nematodes were isolated from an agricultural area under different management of long-term crop rotation experiment from Argentina during three seasons. After DNA extraction, Polymerase Chain Reaction-amplific...

OBJECTIVE To optimise sample preparation of synovial fluid for Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR). METHODS Serial dilutions of purified CT elementary bodies in synovial fluid were prepared. The synovial fluid pellet was processed by eight different methods of sample preparation. Then samples were analysed by CT specific PCR. The sensitivity of PCR was the basi...

Dermanyssus gallinae is one of the most serious ectoparasites of poultry and it has been implicated as a vector of several major pathogenic diseases. Molecular detection of such pathogens in mites is crucial and therefore, an important step is the extraction of their DNA from mites. So, we compared four DNA extraction protocols from engorged and unfed individual mites: a conventional method usi...