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. 2014 Nov 18;107(10):2253–2262. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2014.09.032

Table 2.

Summary of results on the overall distribution and state of water and trehalose in C3A and TRET cells

C3A
 TRET
Intracellular Extracellular Intracellular Extracellular
Water content (g/g dry weight) 0.00 0.11 0.05 0.11
State of water – Bound Bound Bound
Trehalose content (g/g dry weight) 0.00 0.97a 0.41b 0.97a
Water/trehalose molar ratio – 2:1 2:1 2:1
a

3% w/w other salts in the drying medium.

b

TRET intracellular trehalose content: 0.7 g/g protein ≈ 0.41 g/g dry weight.