Table 1.
study | animal | genipin concentration (mM) | injection type | volume injected (µl) | number of injections | time between injections | minimum duration of stiffening | mechanical testing method |
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Liu & Wang [24] | rabbit | 0.5 | sub-Tenon | 500 | four | 2–3 days | two weeks | uniaxial strip |
Wang & Corpuz [25] | guinea pig | 22 | sub-Tenon | 100 | three | 7 days | three weeks | uniaxial strip |
current study | rat | 15 | retrobulbar | 150 | one | n.a. | four weeks | whole globe inflation |