| Nuclease | Detection limit | Ref | 
| Strand displacement (No nuclease) | 462 pM (for miR-21) | [30] | 
| Molecular Beacon (No Nuclease) | About 100 pM | [31] | 
| DSN | 426 pM | [32] | 
| DSN | 50 pM | [33] | 
| DNase I | 9 pM | [14] | 
| DNase I | 2.3 pM | [34] | 
| Exonuclease III | 21.4 pM | [35] | 
| Exonuclease III | 6 pM | [36] | 
| T7 Exonuclease | 15 pM | [37] | 
| DSN | 37.9 pM | This work |