Fine Structure of Glycosaminoglycans from Fresh and Decellularized Porcine Cardiac Valves and Pericardium

Table 2

Percentages of nonsulfated disaccharides from CS isomers in the examined tissues (means ± SD). Significant differences (𝑃<0.05) are reported in bold.

ΔDi-nonsulfated/total Δ-disaccharides
	NT	TriCol
Pericardium	0.019	0.017
Aortic valve
	NT	TriCol	P
Leaflet	0.177±0.031	0.150±0.024	0.228
Sinus	0.237±0.031	0.158±0.056	0.061
Artery wall	0.028±0.016	0.048±0.040	0.404
Pulmonary valve
	NT	TriCol	P
Leaflet	0.100±0.017	0.090±0.020	0.463
Sinus	0.129±0.021	0.086±0.029	0.070
Artery wall	0.029±0.019	0.018±0.004	0.380
	Aortic versus pulmonary
	NT	TriCol
Leaflet	0.005	0.008
Sinus	0.001	0.117
Artery wall	0.938	0.274