Maxwell® 16 LEV Plant DNA Kit

The cellulose-based particles in the Maxwell® Kits have higher binding capacity than silica-based DNA purification methods, giving consistently high yields. The low elution volume allows generation of more concentrated DNA than other purification methods.

DNA purified with the Maxwell® Plant DNA Kits is ready for use in downstream applications, including qPCR. PCR using DNA purified with the Maxwell® Plant DNA Kits shows no significant evidence of inhibitors.

In this experiment, samples (n=5) purified from various plant species using the Maxwell® 16 LEV Plant DNA Kit and the indicated preprocessing methods were added to a TaqMan® Exogenous Internal Positive Control (IPC) reaction. IPC reagents contain a pre-optimized internal positive control with pre-designed primers and TaqMan® probe. Samples can be added to IPC reactions to determine whether PCR inhibitors are present. A ΔCt value of zero indicates no inhibition, and a ΔCt of 2 or below is considered acceptable. The observed ΔCt values for the Maxwell® 16 LEV Plant DNA samples indicate minimal inhibition.