Table 2: Relationship between the morphological features of HA products and their chemical composition.

Parameter

Products containing linear HA

Products containing crossed-linked HA

Products containing Crossed-linked HA + linear

Products containing HA + another component (prilocaine, lidocaine, etc.)

Honeycomb like units

1, 2, 3

 

 

 

Cortex-Core feature

21

18

10, 15, 16, 20

8, 11, 12, 13,

Crystal’s feature

21

18

10,

7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14,

Membranous feature

 

19, 17

 

11