Degradation studies were performed in duplicates by incubat-ing palHA textile strips (1 cm × 1.5 cm) in porcine plasma (4 mL, PP)or simulated blood plasma (4 mL, SBP) with/without the additionof bovine serum albumin (30 mg · mL−1, BSA). Soaked textile stripswere incubated at 37◦C in an Innova 40 shaking incubator (Eppen-dorf, 35 rpm) for 5 weeks. PP and SBP were replaced with fresh onesevery 7 days. The extent of degradation was assessed by studyingphotographs taken at pre-determined time intervals.