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. 2008 Oct 1;5(5):665–673. doi: 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2008.00482.x

Table 1.

Swelling behaviour of chitin dressings

Time (h) Degree of swelling (%)
0·25% Chitin 0·5% Chitin
1 30·75 ± 7·47 21·13 ± 8·31
2 51·29 ± 17·74 25·49 ± 6·98
3 65·18 ± 19·93 29·31 ± 10·69
4 73·08 ± 16·35 32·32 ± 13·37
5 79·99 ± 18·38 36·38 ± 12·36
6 87·35 ± 15·25 47·51 ± 9·52
24 100·35 ± 15·44 50·70 ± 11·91
30 107·59 ± 10·90 56·71 ± 11·00
120 109·43 ± 10·47 57·93 ± 12·11