Table 3 Mean and SD of mucin and BSA adhered content estimated following treatment with detergent (step 5 in Fig. 7A).

From: Mucoadhesive functionality of cell wall structures from fruits and grains: Electrostatic and polymer network interactions mediated by soluble dietary polysaccharides

Material

Mucin (%)

SD

BSA (%)

SD

P-value

PP

12.5

1.0

6.3

2.2

0.0113

ACW

16.9

1.5

5.1

1.5

0.0006

ACW-P

10.8

1.6

5.1

1.0

0.0065

WCW

12.2

1.5

7.0

0.7

0.0055

WCW-X

9.2

1.2

4.5

0.9

0.0056

Cellulose

1.6

0.1

5.4

0.7

0.0021

Control

~0

0.2

~0

0.7

1.0

  1. The notations used: PP - polystyrene particles, ACW - apple cell walls. ACW-P – pectinase-treated apple cell walls, WCW – wheat cell walls, WCW-X – xylanase-treated wheat cell walls. All experiments were performed in triplicate.
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