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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomed Mater Res A. 2010 Aug;94(2):476–484. doi: 10.1002/jbm.a.32724

Table III.

Summary of water concentration required for polymer precipitation

Formulations %H20 for 25% precipitation %H20 for 50% precipitation
Varying Pluronic P85
0% P85 20.92 ± 1.91 24.71 ± 0.79
1% P85 20.03 ± 5.48 28.67 ± 0.87
2.5% P85 21.24 ± 2.97 27.9 ± 1.05
5% P85 20.49 ± 1.13 24.51 ± 0.75
Varying PLGA Mw
PLGA 2A 27.05 ± 1.69† 35.47 ± 2.57†
PLGA 3A 19.9 ± 1.12† 24.26 ± 0.61
PLGA 4A 14.8 ± 0.83 19.59 ± 1.65
PLGA 4.5A 13.78 ± 0.42 17.92 ± 0.67
PLGA 7E 14.84 ± 0.93 19.36 ± 1.2
†

Sample is significantly different (p<0.05) from all other varying Mw formulations. All values shown as ± Standard Error.