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Table 8 Ultimate tensile strength (UTS) of collagen-rich tissues, decellularized, and further processed materials

From: Processing of collagen based biomaterials and the resulting materials properties

Material

UTS (MPa)

Refs.

Raw material

 Tendon

30–300

[47, 497]

 Ligament

30–300

 Aorta

0.3–1.7

 Skin

1–16

 Pericard

3–18

[498]

Decellularized

 SIS based

3–22

[499, 500]

 Dermis based

10–39

[40, 252, 500, 501]

 Pericard

8–32

[252, 500, 502]

Cast

 Thread

2–56

[265, 503]

 Film

30–40

[250]

 Sponge

0.001

[504]

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