The Relationship between Secondary Structure and Biodegradation Behavior of Silk Fibroin Scaffolds

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Degradation time/day</td><td align="center">0 d</td><td align="center">6 d</td><td align="center">18 d</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Side chain</td><td align="center">3.44</td><td align="center">4.77</td><td align="center">6.08</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><svg height="13.425" id="M3" style="vertical-align:-2.29482pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 8.8500004 13.425" width="8.8500004" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
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</svg>-sheet</td><td align="center">28.34</td><td align="center">34.57</td><td align="center">39.26</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Random coil</td><td align="center">22.67</td><td align="center">20.99</td><td align="center">16.90</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><svg height="7.1750002" id="M4" style="vertical-align:-0.1254pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 8.9375 7.1750002" width="8.9375" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
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</svg>-form</td><td align="center">10.37</td><td align="center">9.80</td><td align="center">9.40</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Turns</td><td align="center">35.18</td><td align="center">29.87</td><td align="center">28.35</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Relative content of secondary structure of group B porous silk fibroin scaffold during degradation (%).

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Table 2: The Relationship between Secondary Structure and Biodegradation Behavior of Silk Fibroin Scaffolds 