Table 1.

Chemical contents (total weights) and dimension of chondrocyte-alginate constructs (n=4) after incubation for 28 days.

	[Ca2+] (mM)
	1.8	4.0	8.0
Diameter (mm)	10.79±0.38	10.86±0.51	9.53±0.12*
Wet Weight (mg)	302±10	286±2	236±3*
Water (mg)	287±9	269±2	221±2*
Water Content (%)	95.1±0.4	94.4±0.4	93.7±0.4
DNA (μg)	25.85±5.54	29.35±7.23	22.21±9.71
Collagen (mg)	2.29±0.73	1.89±0.10	1.61±0.11
GAG (mg)	4.17±0.73	4.09±0.15	2.49±0.35*

^*Significantly different from [Ca²⁺]=1.8mM and [Ca²⁺]=4.0mM; p<0.05, SNK