Table 2.

Tensile Strength of Bovine Pericardium

		Tensile strength
Group (bovine pericardium)	Sample	Thickness (mm)	Ultimate strength (MPa)	Strain at fracture (%)
Fresh bovine pericardium	n=50	0.29±0.06	17.53±4.58	42.47±7.55
DE-EDC/NHS	n=10	0.29±0.05	13.89±9.24	39.33±12.35
DE-Jeffamine-EDC/NHS	n=10	0.31±0.06	11.82±3.56	47.33±8.29
DE-acryl-EDC/NHS	n=10	0.36±0.04	18.24±6.06	39.67±4.57
DE-PEG-EDC/NHS	n=10	0.32±0.05	17.84±6.52	45.67±6.68
DE-GA	n=10	0.38±0.06	16.63±4.91	56.67±24.09
DE-Jeffamine-GA	n=10	0.34±0.03	15.61±4.34	38.33±5.03
DE-acryl-GA	n=10	0.27±0.05	13.02±3.37	35.33±8.04
DE-PEG-GA	n=10	0.29±0.03	15.43±3.70	47.33±4.39
DE-genipin	n=10	0.30±0.03	13.49±3.53	45.00±7.41
DE-Jeffamine-genipin	n=10	0.45±0.06	8.31±3.95	57.67±24.70
DE-acryl-genipin	n=10	0.32±0.03	15.47±8.04	41.33±9.71
DE-PEG-genipin	n=10	0.41±0.08	16.37±6.13	55.33±9.05

DE, decellularization.