Ionic silver functionalized ovine forestomach matrix – a non-cytotoxic antimicrobial biomaterial for tissue regeneration applications

Table 2 Material Characterization

	Collagen/ORC-silver	Collagen-silver	OFT	OFM	OFM-Ag
Silver (%w/w)	0.25	0.9^a	N/A	N/A	0.30 ± 0.03
Total Collagen (%w/w)	55	100	N/A	88.96 ± 2.95	85.48 ± 5.07
Total GAGs (mg/g)	None	None	N/A	4.13 ± 0.30	4.60 ± 0.62
T_m (°C)	29.62 ± 3.89	49.13 ± 1.53	65.45 ± 0.74	61.60 ± 0.57	60.78 ± 1.63

Values represent mean ± standard deviation of n = 133 samples (silver) and n = 19 samples (collagen, GAGs and T_m)
Silver and collagen total collagen of collagen/ORC-silver and collagen-silver dressings derived from manufacturer’s product information. Data for OFT and OFM derived from Sizeland et al [49]
^aManufacturer label states 1.2% AgCl, equating to 0.9% Ag

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