Table 3.
Characteristics of CMS-chitosan based biohydrogel∗.
| Characteristics | Methacrylic Acid Concentration (g/g CMS-chitosan) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| 0.275 | 0.550 | 0.825 | |
| Biohydrogel: Carboxymethyl sago starch-chitosan | |||
| Swelling power (%) | 169.52 + 5.13a | 278.15 + 13.95c | 197.21 + 11.55b |
| Solubility (%) | 59.03 + 1.81c | 36.03 + 1.77a | 50.85 + 2.86b |
| Water absorption capacity (%) | 781.82 + 13.45b | 1046.28 + 64.15c | 669.94 + 40.15a |
| Oil absorption capacity (%) | 255.15 + 10.72a | 250.12 + 6.30a | 251.27 + 11.64a |
| Biohydrogel: Carboxymethyl cassava starch-chitosan | |||
| Swelling power (%) | 198.88 + 4.23b | 230.92 + 5.64c | 180.82 + 3.53a |
| Solubility (%) | 52.41 + 1.17b | 43.33 + 1.05a | 55.32 + 1.10c |
| Water absorption capacity (%) | 955.91 + 49.42b | 1113.26 + 39.11c | 893.13 + 10.38a |
| Oil absorption capacity (%) | 256.84 + 18.91a | 250.29 + 7.59a | 253.38 + 7.83a |
∗ indicates that means within a column related to particular parameter with the same superscript letter are not significantly different as α=0.05 confidence level.