TABLE 1.
Osmotic agents used in this study
| Osmotic agent | Mass (Da; g/mol) | Concn |
Viscosity (cP)a | Osmotic pressure (atm)b | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mM | mg/ml | ||||
| Maltodextrin | 2,555 | 20.0 | 51.1 | 3 | 0.48 |
| 40.0 | 102.2 | ND | 0.97 | ||
| 60.0 | 153.3 | 7 | 1.46 | ||
| Sucrose | 342 | 20.0 | 6.84 | ND | 0.48 |
| 40.0 | 13.68 | ND | 0.97 | ||
| 60.0 | 20.52 | ND | 1.46 | ||
| 80.0 | 27.36 | 2 | 1.95 | ||
| 260.0 | 889.2 | 3 | 6.35 | ||
| PEG 3350 | 3,350 | 6.6 | 22.11 | 1 | 0.48 |
| 52.8 | 176.88 | 5 | 3.87 | ||
| PEG 400 | 400 | 26.6 | 10.64 | 2 | 1.95 |
| 345.8 | 1,383.2 | 3 | 24.9 | ||
a
cP, centipoise, a unit of viscosity. ND, not determined.
b
atm, atmosphere, a unit of osmotic pressure.