Figure 2
(a) SAXS profiles for collagen incubated in a ribose solution of 40 mg ml−1 at 3 (blue) and 90 days (red) (Giannini et al., 2021). (b) Relative electron density difference (Δρ) determined for the collagen samples in solution with 40 mg ml−1 ribose (red dots) and glucose (blue dots), as a function of the incubation time, together with a linear fit of the data (straight lines). |