Table 2.

Mechanical properties of Ca-saturated alginate hydrogels (1.0% w/v) of modified material solely, based on 8% oxidized stipe alginate (POA), grafted with MeOTyr (POA-MeOTyr), β-CyD (POA-β-CyD) or epimerized alginate grafted with MeOTyr (EpimPOA-MeOTyr).

Alginate	POA	POA-MeOTyr	POA-β-CyD	Epim POA-MeOTyr
Young’s modulus, E (kPa)	1.2 ± 0.5	1.9 ± 0.7	0.7 ± 0.1	2.5 ± 0.3
Syneresis (%)	67 ± 7	46 ± 6	59 ± 3	54 ± 1
Stress at rupture (kg)	0.29 ± 0.06	0.55 ± 0.04	0.13 ± 0.01	3.01 ± 0.04
Deformation at rupture (%)	52 ± 3	60 ± 2	46 ± 3	63 ± 2