Supporting data for: "Long lasting mucoadhesive membrane based on alginate and chitosan for intravaginal drug delivery."

The document is a collection of supporting information for the manuscript titled: <strong>"Long lasting mucoadhesive membrane based on alginate and chitosan for intravaginal drug delivery".</strong> The supporting information include: a) the stress-strain curves obtained from the compression studies of alginate, alginate/chitosan and alginate/chitosan + metronidazole after soaking in a simulated vaginal fluid for 10 minutes; b) a figure depicting an alginate/chitosan + metronidazole dry membrane before and after rupture during a tensile stress test; c) a figure showing a sample alginate/chitosan + metronidazole dry membrane being manually folded; d) the raw and processed data of the swelling studies in milliQ water and simulated vaginal fluid; e) the raw and processed data of the degradation studies in simulated vaginal fluid; f) the results of the antibacterial studies for both <em>Gardnerella vaginalis </em>and <em>Staphilococcus aureus </em>as raw and processed data; and g) an example of a <em>Staphilococcus aureus </em>growth in Petri dishes after treatment with alginate/chitosan and alginate/chitosan + metronidazole.