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Published in final edited form as: J Biomed Mater Res A. 2012 Jun 14;100(11):2939–2947. doi: 10.1002/jbm.a.34237

Table 3.

Divalent ions removed from alginate beads upon wash and culture post gel formation. Numbers are relative (in %) to what is bound in the alginate gel beads upon gelation (100 %, Figure 1) and are given as mean ± StDev.

Bead treatment	High-G alginate						High-M alginate
	Ca/Ba-beads		Ca-beads		Ba-beads		Ca/Ba-beads		Ca-beads		Ba-beads
	Ba²⁺	Ca²⁺	Ba²⁺	Ca²⁺	Ba²⁺	Ca²⁺	Ba²⁺	Ca²⁺	Ba²⁺	Ca²⁺	Ba²⁺	Ca²⁺
1. wash in culture media (3 × 10 ml)	5.8 ± 0.7	39 ± 2	NA	42 ± 2	20.1 ± 0.4	NA	29 ± 2	50 ± 2	NA	46 ± 2	36 ± 1	NA
Culture	4.7 ± 0.6	26 ± 1	NA	25 ± 1	18.4 ± 0.5	NA	15 ± 1	19 ± 2	NA	16 ± 2	33 ± 1	NA
2. wash in culture media (3 × 100 ml)	2.0 ± 0.3	10 ± 3	NA	6 ± 2	7.7 ± 0.2	NA	12 ± 1	13 ± 1	NA	10 ± 4	17 ± 1	NA

NA – not applicable