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Published in final edited form as: Acta Biomater. 2013 Aug 6;9(12):10.1016/j.actbio.2013.07.037. doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2013.07.037

Table 2.

The size exclusion properties of mineralized and demineralized bovine dentin

Test molecule	Mass (Daltons)	Concentration (mg/ml)	Elution volume (ml)		difference due to demineralization (ml)
Test molecule	Mass (Daltons)	Concentration (mg/ml)	Mineralized dentin powder	demineralized dentin powder	difference due to demineralization (ml)
Blue Dextran	2000000	3	10.8 (0.10)^a	10.1 (0.06)^a	−0.7
BSA	67000	5	11.0 (0.06)^a,^b	10.1 (0.10)^a	−0.9
Ovalbumin	45000	5	10.9 (0.06)^a,^b	10.4 (0.21)^a	−0.6
Dextran 10k	10000	0.2	11.2 (0.25)^b	11.0 (0.21)^b	−0.3
TEGDMA	286	0.0625	12.2 (0.12)^c,d	20.1 (0.21)^c	8.0
Carbodiimide	192	0.0768	12.0 (0.05)^c	20.2 (0.33)^c	8.2
Glucose	180	40	11.9 (0.10)^c	17.2 (0.21)^d	5.3
HEMA	130	0.125	12.3 (0.06)^d	19.6 (0.17)^e	7.3
Dimethyl sulfoxide	78	0.8	12.1 (0.10)^c,d	17.0 (0.10)^d	4.9

For each column, groups identified by different superscript letter are statistically significant (p < 0.05). (n = 4)