LiGreen™ is a sensitive, stable and environmentally safe green fluorescent nucleic acid dye designed to stain either dsDNA, ssDNA or RNA in agarose gels. These stains are next-generation fluorescent nucleic acid gel stains designed to replace the highly mutagenic ethidium bromide (EB). These dyes are superior to EB by having a combination of high sensitivity, low toxicity and great stability.
• Safer than EB: Shown by Ames test and other tests to be non-mutagentic and non-cytotoxic.
• Ultra-sensitive: Much more sensitive than GelGreen and SYBR Safe.
• Compatible with standard blue LED and UV transilluminators.
• Use with blue light reduces mutagenesis for gel excision and subsequent cloning.
"I have been using LiGreen™ Ultra Nucleic Acid Gel Stain and dNTPs set (100mM each) more than one years, both products are of excellent quality and are cheaper than other companies, I will continue to use them."
LiGreen™ | LiGreen™ Plus | LiGreen™ Ultra | LiGreen™ Red | |
Sensitivity (dsDNA) | Sensitive (~2 ng) | Highly sensitive (~0.2 ng) | Ultra sensitive (~60 pg) | Sensitive (~1 ng) |
Nonhazardous | √ | √ | √ | √ |
dsDNA | √ | √ | √ | √ |
ssDNA | √ | √ | ||
RNA | √ | √ | ||
Precast gel staining | √ | √ | √ | |
Post-gel staining | √ | |||
Gel band excision for cloning | √ | √ | √ | |
Excitation Source | Blue light/UV | Blue light/UV | Blue light/UV | UV |
Recommended emission filter | SYBR filter | SYBR filter | SYBR filter | EB filter |
Product Name | Cat. # | Size | Price | Order |
LiGreen™ DNA Gel Stain | M0049 | 1 ml | $149 | |
LiGreen™ Plus Nucleic Acid Gel Stain | M0050-05 | 500 µl | $119 | |
LiGreen™ Plus Nucleic Acid Gel Stain | M0050-20 | 4×500 µl | $369 | |
LiGreen™ Ultra Nucleic Acid Gel Stain | M0051 | 500 µl | $149 | |
LiGreen™ Red DNA Gel Stain | M0054 | 500 µl | $99 | |
LiGreen™ Landing Dye | M0052 | 2 ml | $99 | |
LiGreen™ Red Landing Dye | M0055 | 2 ml | $99 |