Figures (4)  Tables (1)
    • Figure 1. 

      (a) Dry matter loss, (b) degree of hydrolysis and (c) ratio of collagen in digestion fluid/film of samples in gastric and intestinal. The relations between (a), (b) and (c) were determined by (d) Pearson's correlation coefficient. Control: untreated collagen film; UV: UV-treated film; DHT: film treated with dehydration; Tannin: tannin-treated film; GA: glutaraldehyde-treated film.

    • Figure 2. 

      The FTIR spectra of (a) collagen films, (b) freeze-dried powder after gastric digestion and (c) freeze-dried powder after intestinal digestion.

    • Figure 3. 

      Cell viability of digested juices of collagen film treated with different crosslinking methods.

    • Figure 4. 

      Cell viability of collagen films and films treated with UV, DHT, tannin and GA.

    • Treatmentα-helixβ-sheetsβ-turnRandom coil
      FilmControl23.92%11.5%9.32%12.01%
      UV22.82%
      19.01%7.75%23.37%
      DHT12.85%16.85%8.10%22.79%
      Tannin11.75%23.76%6.75%23.22%
      GA11.53%20.66%7.99%22.56%
      GastricControl18.27%30.70%12.24%6.02%
      UV24.75%32.96%6.51%
      DHT21.97%33.69%7.97%
      Tannin24.32%32.98%5.64%
      GA10.43%30.09%6.54%17.98%
      IntestinalControl19.49%43.21%2.99%11.26%
      UV17.52%40.39%5.33%9.05%
      DHT19.32%41.13%5.57%10.24%
      Tannin18.56%46.91%1.74%9.57%
      GA10.39%38.44%7.84%13.11%

      Table 1. 

      The secondary structure analysis of amides I region obtained by deconvolution.