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. 2018 Feb 1;24(3-4):199–206. doi: 10.1089/ten.tea.2017.0042

FIG. 3.

FIG. 3.

Tensile strength of visceral mesothelium adhesion to varied mixtures of pectin and CMC. (A–C) The adhesion strength of CMC and different weight ratios of HMP, amidated low-methoxyl (LMA), and nonamidated low-methoxyl (LMC) pectin were tested for relative tensile strength; liver adhesion is shown. The area of the bubble reflects relative adhesion strength of the different mixtures scaled to 100. The greatest adhesion strength was demonstrated in equal weight (%) ratio of all three pectins and CMC. (D) Comparison of adhesion strength of HMP, LMA, and LMC and equal weight (%) ratio mixtures of CMC tested against all 4 mesothelial tissues. HMP demonstrated consistently greater adhesion than comparable LMA and LMC pectin (asterisk, p < 0.05). (E) Comparison of equal weight ratio of HMP and CMC (50%) and CMC with no pectin (0%) for all four mesothelial tissues. The 50% mixture was significantly greater than the 0% mixture for all four tissues (asterisk, p < 0.05). Error bars = 1 SD of triplicate samples. LMA, amidated low-methoxyl; HMP, high-methoxyl pectin; SD, standard deviation.