Porous Lactose-Modified Chitosan Scaffold for Liver Tissue Engineering: Influence of Galactose Moieties on Cell Attachment and Mechanical Stability

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Scaffolds</td><td class="align_center">Porosity (%)</td><td class="align_center">Swelling ratio (%)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">CTS</td><td class="align_center">91.94 ± 0.26</td><td class="align_center">97.62 ± 0.34</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Lact-CTS-1</td><td class="align_center">92.63 ± 0.42</td><td class="align_center">97.65 ± 0.47</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Lact-CTS-2</td><td class="align_center">92.40 ± 0.19</td><td class="align_center">97.83 ± 0.30</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Lact-CTS-3</td><td class="align_center">93.44 ± 0.73</td><td class="align_center">98.22 ± 0.25</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Porosity and swelling ratios of CTS and Lact-CTS scaffolds.

International Journal of Polymer Science

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Table 1: Porous Lactose-Modified Chitosan Scaffold for Liver Tissue Engineering: Influence of Galactose Moieties on Cell Attachment and Mechanical Stability 

Table 1 | Porous Lactose-Modified Chitosan Scaffold for Liver Tissue Engineering: Influence of Galactose Moieties on Cell Attachment and Mechanical Stability 