Table 3.

LoC design parameters for various scaling approaches.

	In vivo values	Allometric scaling	Functional scaling	Direct scaling
Liver tissue weight(g)	1520	3.87 × 10−3 [107]	1.52 × 10−3 [107]	1.52 × 10−3
blood flow rate (ml/min)	1450	1.28 × 10−2 [107]	1.45 × 10−3 [107]	1.45 × 10−3
Blood volume (ml)	1800	3.9 × 10−3 [104]	0.3 [104]	1.8 × 10−3
Number of hepatocytes	3 × 1011	8 × 105 [104]	5 × 105 [104]	3 × 105