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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biomaterials. 2009 Jun 27;30(28):5187. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2009.06.001

Table 1.

In vitro gelation time of various in situ crosslinakble hydrogels

Formulation DS Composition Gelling Time (sec)
 Uncrosslinked polymer Recovered
(Without MPs) (Without MPs)
DextranVS-PEG4SH 2 10X10Y 64.0 ± 6.24 56.7 ± 4.50 No
2 20X10Y 50.0 ± 5.00 43.0 ± 5.29 No
2 30X10Y 24.3 ± 3.05 12.7 ± 2.08 No
2 10X20Y 130.4 ± 24.02 143.0 ± 31.43 Yes
2 20X20Y 69.3 ± 8.62 63.7 ± 5.03 No
2 30X20Y 37.3 ± 6.65 37.7 ± 5.68 No
5 10X10Y 18.3 ± 2.08 18.3 ± 4.90 No
5 20X10Y 22.6 ± 1.52 16.3 ± 2.08 No
5 30X10Y 20.3 ± 1.52 19.0 ± 2.00 No
5 10X20Y 53.6 ± 11.84 38.7 ± 5.51 Yes
5 20X20Y 14.3 ± 5.13 11.3 ± 1.54 No
5 30X20Y 22.3 ± 12.34 14.3 ± 0.57 No
PEGDA-PEG4SH - 10X10Y 608.0 ± 74.90 553.0 ± 110.87 No
- 20X10Y 1505.7 ± 57.10 1411.0 ± 57.93 Yes
- 30X10Y 1810.0 ± 124.30 1944.0 ± 442.31 Yes
- 10X20Y 647.0 ± 145.50 800.67 ± 97.63 Yes
- 20X20Y 256.7 ± 72.41 209.7 ± 74.90 No
- 30X20Y 376.7 ± 48.0 529.0 ± 209.58 No

Values represent Mean ± S.D of at least three independent samples