Table 3.
Molecular mass (MM) distribution (%) of gelatins extracted from smooth-hound shark skin.
| MM | Gelatins* |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FGUS | FGMS | FGOS | SGUS | SGMS | SGOS | |
| >200 kDa | 4.00 | 1.25 | 1.62 | 4.50 | 2.32 | 2.02 |
| 120–200 kDa | 27.58 | 12.50 | 14.20 | 29.38 | 15.30 | 12.80 |
| 10–120 kDa | 67.47 | 50.05 | 50.48 | 65.82 | 46.68 | 52.68 |
| <10 kDa | 0.95 | 36.20 | 33.70 | 0.30 | 35.70 | 32.50 |
*FGUS: Freeze-dried Gelatin from the Untreated Skin; FGMS: Freeze-dried Gelatin from the Microwaves-pretreated Skin; FGOS: Freeze-dried Gelatin from the Oven-pretreated Skin; SGUS: Spray-dried Gelatin from the Untreated Skin; SGMS: Spray-dried Gelatin from the Microwaves-pretreated Skin; SGOS: Spray-dried Gelatin from the Oven-pretreated Skin.