Table 1.

Characteristics of MBAX before and after 6 h gelation.

	t = 0 h	t = 6 h
FA (μg/mg MBAX)	0.255 ± 0.017	0.049 ± 0.002
di-FA (μg/mg MBAX)	0.135 ± 0.011	0.03 ± 0.001
tri-FA (μg/mg MBAX)	0.064 ± 0.010	Traces
Mca ×10 3 (g/mol)	-	49 ± 3.0
ρcb × 10−6 (mol/cm3)	-	30 ± 2.0
ζ c (nm)	-	193 ± 10.0

^a Molecular weight between two cross-links; ^b Cross-linking density; ^c Mesh size; All values are means ± standard deviation of three repetitions.