Maxwell® 16 System Kit Comparison Guide

Nucleic Acid/Sample Types	Kit	Yield(s)/Figure (as available)
gDNA
gDNA Whole Blood	Cat #AS1290 Maxwell® 16 LEV Blood DNA Kit, 48 preps	• >8 µg at 160 ng/µl
gDNA Whole Blood, Buffy Coat	Cat #AS1010 Maxwell® 16 Blood DNA Purification Kit, 48 preps	• 11 µg from 400 µl whole blood • 24 µg from 250 µl buffy coat
	Cat #AS1290 Maxwell® 16 LEV Blood DNA Kit, 48 preps	• 9.7 µg from 100 µl fresh buffy coat • 16.9 µg from 100 µl frozen buffy coat • 6.3 µg from 75 µl fresh buffy coat • 11.3 µg from 75 µl frozen buffy coat
gDNA Tissue culture or bacterial cells	Cat #AS1020 Maxwell® 16 Cell DNA Purification Kit, 48 preps	• 11 µg from 5 x 10(6) CHO cells • 17 µg from 5 x 10(6) HeLa cells • 26 µg from 2 x 10(9) Gram Neg • 20 µg from 2 x 10(9) Gram Pos
gDNA Up to 50 mg tissue	Cat #AS1030 Maxwell® 16 Tissue DNA Purification Kit, 48 preps	• 96 µg from 25 mg mouse liver
gDNA Mouse tail tissue	Cat #AS1120 Maxwell® 16 Mouse Tail DNA Purification Kit, 48 preps	• 18 µg from 1.2 cm
gDNA One to ten sections (5µm) of FFPE (Formalin-fixed, paraffin embedded) tissue samples	Cat #AS1135 Maxwell® 16 FFPE Plus LEV DNA Purification Kit, 48 preps	• 72 ng/µl Spleen • 122 ng/µl Kidney • 98 ng/µl Brain
gDNA One or two Buccal Swabs	Cat #AS1295 Maxwell® 16 Buccal Swab LEV DNA Purification Kit, 48 preps	Average = 6.7 µg per swab
gDNA >10,000 cells	Cat #AS1140 Maxwell® 16 Cell LEV DNA Purification Kit, 48 preps
Total RNA
Total RNA 5-50 mg tissues, culture cells, PAXgene tubes, white blood cell fraction, plant leaf tissue	Cat #AS1050 Maxwell® 16 Total RNA Purification Kit, 48 preps	• 175 µg from 50 mg mouse liver • Up to 45 µg from 5 x 10(6) HeLa cells • Up to 5 µg from 1 tube stabilized blood sample (PAXgene) • Up to 5 µg from wbc fraction of 5 ml fresh blood • 30 µg from 100 mg plant leaf tissue
Total RNA Up to 20 mg tissue samples	Cat #AS1280 Maxwell® 16 LEV simplyRNA Tissue Kit, 48 preps
Total RNA Up to 5 million Eukaryotic cultured cells	Cat #AS1270 Maxwell® 16 LEV simplyRNA Cells Kit, 48 preps
Viral Total Nucleic Acid
Viral Total Nucleic Acid Plasma, serum, swabs, aspirates	Cat #AS1150 Maxwell® 16 Viral Total Nucleic Acid Purification Kit, 48 preps	Not Applicable
Protein
Protein Bacterial culture, mammalian cell culture cells, insect cell culture cells, culture medium	Cat #AS1060 Maxwell® 16 Polyhistidine Protein Purification Kit, 48 preps	Not Applicable

Maxwell® 16 System Kit Comparison Guide

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