Table 1 Quenching constants for dye displacement assays.

From: Evaluation of DNA interaction, genotoxicity and oxidative stress induced by iron oxide nanoparticles both in vitro and in vivo: attenuation by thymoquinone

Dye

Ksv (×103 M−1)

R2

Acridine orange

2.02

0.999

Hoechst 33258

0.05

0.961

DAPI

0.04

0.538

  1. Ksv: quenching constant, R2: Chi-square.