Table 2.
Properties 1 | Agar as Gelling (Ag) | Agarose as Gelling (Bg) |
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Pore size (µm) | 153.2 (±3.6) | 207.8 (±5.4) |
Water uptake ratio (g/g) | 5.8 (±0.5) | 12.8 (±1.0) |
Monolayer moisture content (% d.b.) | 8.6 (±0.5) | 9.4 (±0.1) |
Cell adhesion (%) | 39.4 (±4.6) | 39.5 (±5.8) |
Cell duplication time (h) | 27.4 (±2.1) | 23.9 (±1.8) |
Cell viability (%) | 69.2 (±5.5) | 85.1 (±2.9) |
1 Properties values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation.