Table 1 WAXS crystallinity data (i.e. FWHM of equatorial diffraction peak) and evidence of preferred molecular orientation for raw collagen isoforms.

From: Effects of processing on structural, mechanical and biological properties of collagen-based substrates for regenerative medicine

Raw collagen

FWHM (crystallinity)

PO (preferred orientation)

SYM

0.10 ± 0.003

NO

CS

0.11 ± 0.003

NO

TYP-BH

0.13 ± 0.003

NO

TYP-ET-ch

0.09 ± 0.003

YES

TYP-ET-en

0.09 ± 0.003

YES

  1. Results are expressed as mean ± standard deviation.
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