Table 1.

Characteristics of MBAX before and after 6 h of cross-linking process.

Characteristic	t = 0 h	t = 6 h
FA (μg/mg MBAX)	0.255 ± 0.017	0.045 ± 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
Mc a ×10 3 (g/mol)	-	24 ± 0.4
ρc b × 10−6 (mol/cm3)	-	59 ± 0.2
ξ c (nm)	-	52 ± 1.1

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