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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 6.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomech. 2016 Jun 15;49(13):2756–2762. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2016.06.008

Table 2.

Glucose and lactate diffusivities (mean ± standard deviation) in human CEP and other cartilaginous tissues. (CEP: cartilage endplate; AF: annulus fibrosus; AC: articular cartilage)

Species DGlucose 10−7 cm2/s DLactate 10−7 cm2/s Source
Human CEP 3.44±0.97-Central 5.52±1.52-Central Present study (0% strain)
2.46±0.86-Lateral 4.11±1.48-Lateral
2.78±0.83-Anterior 4.88±1.34-Anterior
1.91±0.39-Posterior 3.36±0.64-Posteror
Human CEP 5.8±2.1-Central ---- (Maroudas, et al., 1975)
1.8±0.3-Peripheral
Human AF 17±1.5 ---- (Maroudas, et al., 1975)
7.56±0.75 (Jackson, et al., 2012)
Bovine AF 13.8±0.15 ---- (Jackson, et al., 2008)
Human AC 13.5–14.6 ---- (Maroudas, 1970)