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. 2014 Jan 3;6(3):1424–1438. doi: 10.1021/am4027423

Table 2. Hydrogel Wet Weight Degradationa.

  % gel remaining
time point (days) A25/C0/G0/Ca22 A25/C125/G1/Ca23 A25/C25/G05/Ca18 A5/C0/G0/Ca22 A5/C125/G1/Ca24 A5/C25/G01/Ca20
1 65 ± 11 99 ± 3b 99 ± 3b 76 ± 3 104 ± 3b 95 ± 3b,c
5 54 ± 3 98 ± 1b 90 ± 4b 79 ± 6 100 ± 2b 97 ± 5b
14 0 82 ± 5b 92 ± 2b,c 0 85 ± 3b 95 ± 4b
28 0 0 0 0 0 60 ± 14b,c
a

Values are provided as percentage of hydrogel remaining. n = 3, mean ± standard deviation.

b

Denotes significance between hydrogels with and without chitosan/genipin.

c

Denotes significance between alginate/chitosan/genipin hydrogels with fixed alginate and differing chitosan concentrations).