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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Biol Macromol. 2012 Nov 10;53:42–53. doi: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2012.10.030

Table 3.

Fitting results of fluorescence decay spectra (λexc = 295 nm, λem = 330 ± 6 nm).

Fractional contributions (%) Individual fitted lifetimes (ns) Average lifetime (ns)


f1 f2 τ1 τ2 τ
pH 2
 Initial 30.0 ± 0.01 70.0 ± 0.02 1.49 ± 0.049 4.62 ± 0.017 3.68 ± 0.012
 Day 1 29.4 ± 0.02 70.6 ± 0.03 1.61 ± 0.063 4.74 ± 0.037 3.82 ± 0.013
 Day 2 29.9 ± 0.01 70.1 ± 0.02 1.63 ± 0.070 4.75 ± 0.029 3.82 ± 0.013
 Day 3 29.4 ± 0.01 70.6 ± 0.01 1.62 ± 0.024 4.80 ± 0.010 3.86 ± 0.012
 Day 4 29.8 ± 0.03 70.2 ± 0.03 1.60 ± 0.030 4.74 ± 0.024 3.80 ± 0.008
 Day 5 29.5 ± 0.05 70.5 ± 0.05 1.58 ± 0.012 4.72 ± 0.020 3.79 ± 0.011
 Day 6 30.0 ± 0.02 70.0 ± 0.02 1.58 ± 0.011 4.73 ± 0.026 3.79 ± 0.011
pH 9
 Initial 0.18 ± 0.01 0.82 ± 0.01 2.01 ±0.18 6.14 ± 0.10 5.42 ± 0.14
 Week 1 0.18 ± 0.01 0.82 ± 0.01 1.76 ± 0.17 5.99 ± 0.13 5.26 ± 0.15
 Week 2 0.19 ± 0.01 0.81 ± 0.01 1.77 ± 0.01 5.87 ± 0.15 5.10 ± 0.09
 Week 3 0.20 ± 0.02 0.81 ± 0.02 1.83 ± 0.11 5.96 ±0.14 5.16 ± 0.17
 Week 4 0.19 ± 0.01 0.81 ± 0.01 1.70 ± 0.10 5.87 ± 0.15 5.10 ± 0.18
 Week 5 0.21 ± 0.02 0.80 ± 0.02 1.72 ± 0.13 5.85 ± 0.16 5.02 ± 0.20
 Week 7 0.22 ± 0.02 0.78 ± 0.02 1.74 ± 0.13 5.88 ± 0.15 5.00 ± 0.20
 Week 8 0.23 ± 0.03 0.77 ± 0.03 1.72 ± 0.13 5.83 ± 0.16 4.91 ± 0.20