Overview

• RNA/microRNA/DNA/Proteins are preserved for more than 2 years at room temperature in Norgen’s Urine Preservative
• Compatible with most DNA, Total RNA, microRNA and protein isolation methods
• Preservative is available in a single dose liquid format (ampule)
• Preservative is also available in a dried format in tubes – Urine Collection and Preservation Tubes
• Urine Collection and Preservation Devices are available in 4 convenient sizes: 5 cc tubes, 15 cc tubes, 50 cc tubes, and 120 cc cups

Norgen’s Urine Preservative is designed for the rapid preservation of DNA, RNA, microRNA and proteins from fresh urine samples. In addition, the Urine Preservative eliminates the need to immediately process or freeze samples and allows the samples to be shipped to centralized testing facilities at ambient temperatures. The components of the Urine Preservative allow samples to be stored for over 2 years at room temperature with no detected degradation of urine DNA, RNA or proteins.

Norgen’s Urine Preservative is available in 2 convenient formats:

1.  Urine Preservative Single Dose Ampules
With this product Norgen’s Urine Preservative is supplied in a liquid format in single dose ampules. The user simply collects 5 – 50 mL of urine into a urine collection container and adds the contents of the Urine Preservative Single Dose (Cat# 18126). The urine and preservative are then mixed, and the urine nucleic acids and proteins are preserved at room temperature.

2.  Urine Collection and Preservation Tubes
Norgen’s Urine Preservative is also available in a dried format in Norgen’s Urine Collection and Preservation Tubes. The user simply collects urine into the tubes and mixes gently until the orange preservative pellet in the tube has dissolved. Norgen’s Urine Collection and Preservation Tubes are available in 3 convenient sizes:

• 5 cc tubes, 1 – 5 mL of urine
• 15 cc tubes, 5 – 15 mL of urine
• 50 cc tubes, 5 – 45 mL of urine
• 120 cc cup, 100 – 120 mL of urine

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Available Sizes and Formats 

1. Urine Collection and Preservation Tubes (15 cc) – Urine inputs from 5 – 15 mL

Storage Conditions and Product Stability
All tubes should be kept tightly sealed and stored at room temperature (15 – 25°C) for up to 2 years without any reduction in performance.

Kit Components	Cat. 18118 (50 tubes)	Cat. 18122 (50 tubes)	Cat. 18113 (50 tubes)	Cat. 18126 (50 tubes)	Cat. 18129 (1 cup)
Urine Collection and Preservation Tubes (5 cc)	50	–	–	–	–
Urine Collection and Preservation Tubes (15 cc)	–	50	–	–	–
Urine Collection and Preservation Tubes (50 cc)	–	–	50	–	–
Urine Preservative Single Dose	–	–	–	50	–
Urine Collection and Preservation Cup (120 cc)	–	–	–	–	1
ID Labels	50	–	–	50	–
Product Insert	1	1	1	1	1

Introduction

Blood samples contain rich DNA, including mitochondrial DNA, genomic DNA, circulating DNA (mostly released into blood after tumor cell apoptosis) in white blood cells, as well as parasitic viral or microbial DNA. These DNA are important parameters in clinical testing or diagnosis, which are also valuable materials for medical research. There are three main issues with extracting DNA from blood samples:

1. The sample is highly infectious, posing great harm to operators and the environment.

2. The source of DNA is complex and aportion of the nucleic acid, such as viral DNA or free DNA, may be lost during the operation, leading to downstream detection failure;

3. Blood sample contains a large amount of impurities and inhibitory factors.

Currently there are many methods available for extracting DNA from whole blood samples, such as phenol chloroform extraction, salting out method, etc. However, these methods require pre-treatment of blood sample, which removes red blood cells and isolate white blood cells in the first step. Due to the requirement that it cannot inactivate or kill pathogens during the process of removing red blood cells, the waste liquid (red blood cell lysate) and consumables may be contaminated by pathogens and become infectious, posing a danger to the entire laboratory environment and operators. In addition, during the process of removing red blood cells, useful nucleic acid information such as viruses, microorganisms, or circulating DNA is also lost, leading to experiment or detection failures.

The HiPure Blood DNA Kits series provided by Magen Company uses silica gel column purification technology, which can directly lyse whole blood samples without the need for white blood cell separation. Whole blood samples are directly mixed with lysates and proteases, resulting in the inactivation of pathogens, greatly reducing the infectivity, environmental pollution, and the chance of operators being infected. Due to the direct lysis and digestion of samples, except lymphocyte DNA, other circulating DNA as well as DNA from viruses and microorganisms, can also be recovered.

This product provides fast and easy methods for purification of total DNA for reliable PCR and Southern Blotting. Total DNA (e.g., genomic, viral, mitochondrial) can be purified from tissue and culture cells.

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Specifications

Features	Specifications
Main Functions	Isolation total DNA from 2ml blood and 200mg tissue using Midi column
Applications	PCR, southern bolt and virus detection, etc
Purification method	Midi spin column
Purification technology	Silica technology
Process method	Manual (centrifugation or vacuum)
Sample type	Tissue, cell, blood, saliva, swab, blood spot, semen and other clinical samples
Sample amount	0.2-2 ml
Elution volume	≥300μl
Time per run	≤80 minutes
Liquid carrying volume per column	4ml
Binding yield of column	1mg

Principles

This product is based on silica column purification. The sample is lysed and digested with lysate and protease, DNA is released into the lysate. Transfer to an adsorption column. Nucleic acid is adsorbed on the membrane, while protein is not adsorbed and is removed with filtration. After washing proteins and other impurities, Nucleic acid was finally eluted with low-salt buffer (10mm Tris, pH9.0, 0.5mm EDTA).

Advantages

• High quality DNA – meet a variety of downstream applications, including PCR, qPCR, enzyme digestion, hybridization, etc.
• Fast – without separation of leukocytes, organic extraction or ethanol precipitation
• Simple – all nucleic acids can be obtained by direct digestion
• Wide applicability – handle a variety of liquid samples

Kit Contents

Contents	D311302	D311303
Purification Times	20	100
HiPure gDNA Midi Columns	20	100
15ml Collection Tubes	40	200
Buffer ATL	50 ml	250 ml
Buffer AL	50 ml	250 ml
Buffer GW1*	22 ml	110 ml
Buffer GW2*	12 ml	50 ml
RNase A	20 mg	90 mg
Proteinase K	100 mg	440 mg
Protease Dissolve Buffer	10 ml	30 ml
Buffer AE	20 ml	120 ml

Storage and Stability

Proteinase K, RNase A should be stored at 2-8°C upon arrival. However, short-term storage (up to 12 weeks) at room temperature (15-25°C) does not affect their performance. The remaining kit components can be stored at room temperature (15-25°C) and are stable for at least 18 months under these conditions.

Purchase Guide

Name	CAT NO	Sample amount	Leukocyte protocol*	Colum type	Elutio volume	Average yield	Time per run
HiPure Blood DNA Mini Kit	D3111	10-200μl	1ml	2ml column	≥20μl	5-9μg/200μl	≤30 minutes
HiPure Tissue&Blood DNA Midi Kit	D3113	0.2-2ml	10ml	1.5ml column	≥300μl	20-40μg/1m	≤80 minutes
HiPure Tissue&Blood DNA Maxi Kit	D3115	3 -10ml	10ml	15ml column	≥700μl	20-40μg/1m	≤90 minutes
HiPure Tissue&Blood DNA 96 Kit	D3117	1-200μl	1ml	96 well plate		3-8μg/200μl

Blood samples contain rich DNA, including mitochondrial DNA, genomic DNA, circulating DNA (mostly released into blood after tumor cell apoptosis) in white blood cells, as well as parasitic viral or microbial DNA. These DNA are important parameters in clinical testing or diagnosis, which are also valuable materials for medical research. There are three main issues with extracting DNA from blood samples: