TY - JOUR AU - Ghawana, Sanjay AU - Paul, Asosii AU - Kumar, Hitesh AU - Kumar, Arun AU - Singh, Harsharan AU - Bhardwaj, Pardeep K. AU - Rani, Arti AU - Singh, Ravi S. AU - Raizada, Jyoti AU - Singh, Kashmir AU - Kumar, Sanjay PY - 2011 DA - 2011/03/28 TI - An RNA isolation system for plant tissues rich in secondary metabolites JO - BMC Research Notes SP - 85 VL - 4 IS - 1 AB - Secondary metabolites are reported to interfere with the isolation of RNA particularly with the recipes that use guanidinium-based salt. Such interference was observed in isolation of RNA with medicinal plants rheum (Rheum australe) and arnebia (Arnebia euchroma). A rapid and less cumbersome system for isolation of RNA was essential to facilitate any study related to gene expression. SN - 1756-0500 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-4-85 DO - 10.1186/1756-0500-4-85 ID - Ghawana2011 ER -