Our family of PEC products are non-betaine based PCR enhancers specifically designed for use with inhibitory templates such as plasma, serum, whole blood, inhibitory food matrixes, plant tissue, polyphenolic samples, humic acid, bile, and feces.  In many cases amplification may be performed without DNA purification. They are highly recommended for use with our inhibition-resistant Taq and Klentaq mutants. When used with a PEC, our enzymes can tolerate at least 25% plasma, serum, or whole blood, and as high as 80% GC content templates. PECs are efficient in conventional or real-time PCR, both in SYBR Green and TaqMan assays. PECs are compatible with most commercially available DNA polymerases, but they are not recommended for use with AmpliTaq Gold.

Select Desired PEC Properties:
Table of Matching Products
Product Name Cat # Amount Price Purchase CITATIONS
PCR Enhancer Cocktail 1 E600 6.25 ml (for 500 rxns of 25 ul each) $125.00
PCR Enhancer Cocktail 2 E620 6.25 ml (for 500 rxns of 25 ul each) $150.00
PCR Enhancer Cocktail 1 GC E610 6.25 ml (for 500 rxns of 25 ul each) $125.00
PCR Enhancer Cocktail 2 GC E630 6.25 ml (for 500 rxns of 25 ul each) $150.00
PCR Enhancer Cocktail P E650 6.25 ml (for 500 rxns of 25 ul each) $130.00

If your template is not listed, or you are unsure which PEC product will work best for you, we now offer the 

PEC Combo, which contains one tube of each of the five PEC products.

PEC increases blood tolerance for OmniTaq and Hot Start OmniTaq

A 1kb human target gene was amplified with Hot Start OmniTaq and OmniTaq with different concentrations of human blood in the presence or absence of PCR Enhancer Cocktail 1 (PEC-1). 
PEC-1 significantly increased blood resistance of both versions of the enzyme.  

See more data on our Performance Data page.

See more data on our Performance Data page.