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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater. 2009 Feb;88(2):394–401. doi: 10.1002/jbm.b.31095

Figure 3.

Figure 3

The cumulative release of MAA in the presence of porcine liver esterase (PLE) was significantly different (p < 0.05) from the sum of analytes [MAA + HEMA] released in the buffer (PB). These differences indicate that MAA formation in the 8-day enzymatic biodegradation study is attributable to hydrolysis of unpolymerized HEMA, pendant groups of bisGMA in the polymer and/or unpolymerized bisGMA. In addition, adhesives simulating wet bonding, A08 and A16 exhibited significantly larger release of analytes compared with the control A00.