Table 1. Amount of Free Thiol Groups, Disulfide Bonds, and Bound MNA (n ≥ 3)^a.

	amount of free thiol groups ± SD [μmol/g polymer]	amount of disulfide bonds ± SD [μmol/g polymer]	amount of bound MNA ± SD [μmol/g polymer]
CS-Cys	590.6 ± 72.4*	256.4 ± 67.4*	not tested
CS-Cys-MNA	38.6 ± 4.7	513.6 ± 90.4	195.8 ± 98.3
CS-Cys-Cys	82.8 ± 24.5	662.2 ± 146.7	below detection range

^aSignificant differences to other thiolated polymers are indicated with *p ≤ 0.05.