Comparisons between several Nucleic Acid Dyes
    
        
            |  | AvanSafe | EtBr | GelRed | SYBR Green I | 
        
            | Sensitivity | High | High | High | Extremely High | 
        
            | Safety | Non-toxic | High toxicity & carcinogenicity | Non-toxic | Low-toxicity | 
        
            | Stability | High | High | High | Low | 
        
            | Applicability | Well stain dsDNA, ssDNA & RNA | Well stain dsDNA, worse to stain ssDNA & RNA | Well stain dsDNA, ssDNA & RNA | Well stain dsDNA finely, worse to stain ssDNA & RNA | 
        
            | Effect on DNA migration | Less | Less | Bigger | Less | 
        
            | Detection | UV & Blue light | UV & Blue light | UV | UV & Blue light | 
        
            | Price | fair | low | high | low |