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Table 2 Transport properties and mobility by low-field nuclear magnetic resonance

From: Encapsulation of a free-solvent extract of lycopene in alginate-Ca(II) beads containing sugars and biopolymers

Beads

Amplitude1 (%)

T 21 (ms)

Amplitude2 (%)

T 22 (ms)

D (10−9 m2/s)

A

58 ± 2a

66 ± 3a

42 ± 5a

168 ± 13a

0.52 ± 0.03a

A-T

56 ± 5a

66 ± 2a

44 ± 5a

170 ± 13a

0.40 ± 0.02b

A-TCh

63 ± 10a

52 ± 1b

37 ± 5a

164 ± 3a

0.37 ± 0.02b

AP-T

59 ± 11a

67 ± 1a

41 ± 3a

174 ± 7a

0.450 ± 0.001a

AAG-T

63 ± 3a

69 ± 1a

38 ± 3a

179 ± 3a

0.51 ± 0.02a

  1. Relaxation times (T 2) and amplitudes (A) obtained by bi-exponential fitting of the decay curves and diffusion coefficients (D) at 25 °C in beads containing lycopene. Mean and standard deviation of duplicate determinations are informed
  2. Different letters in superscript on the columns indicate significant differences between values with p < 0.05