Table 4.

Elastic modulus (E) and compression strength of control scaffolds and scaffolds with HMW and LMW chitosan.

Samples	E (MPa)		σ (MPa)
	Dry	Hydrated	Dry	Hydrated
Control	0.122 ± 0.002	0.006 ± 0.001	0.430 ± 0.033	0.170 ± 0.021
HMW	0.563 ± 0.011	0.013 ± 0.003	0.951 ± 0.041	0.294 ± 0.012
LMW	0.423 ± 0.013	0.018 ± 0.004	0.965 ± 0.049	0.291 ± 0.008