Table 1 Characteristics of synthetic HA derivatives.

From: Sulfated hyaluronan alters fibronectin matrix assembly and promotes osteogenic differentiation of human bone marrow stromal cells

HA derivative

HA

ATTO565- HA

sHA1

ATTO565-sHA1

ATTO565- ATTO655-sHA1

D.S.

1.5

1.0

1.4

fluorescent label [μg/mg]

0.47

1.40

ATTO655: 0.33 ATTO565: 2.89

Mw [g/mol]

84,000

27,000

42,000

27,000

27,000

PD

2.5

2.4

2.3

2.2

1.9

  1. Degree of sulfation, number of sulfate residues per disaccharide unit (D.S.); weight-average (Mw) molecular weight values as determined by gel permeation chromatography equipped with Laser Light Scattering (LLS) detection; molecular weight distributions (polydispersity index: PD) based on the values calculated from RI detection.