Table 1 Group assignment and experimental procedures.

From: The liver protection of propylene glycol alginate sodium sulfate preconditioning against ischemia reperfusion injury: focusing MAPK pathway activity

Experimental group (n = 18)

Treatment (intraperitoneal injection 1 h before surgery)

Normal control (NC)

Saline solution without laparotomy

PSS (25)

25 mg/kg PSS without laparotomy

PSS (50)

50 mg/kg PSS without laparotomy

Sham operation

Saline solution and surgical procedure without clamping

IR

Saline solution and all surgical procedures.

PSS (25) +IR

25 mg/kg PSS and all surgical procedures.

PSS (50) +IR

50 mg/kg PSS and all surgical procedures

  1. Six mice in the NC, PSS (25) and PSS (50) groups were randomly anesthetized and sacrificed 24 h after treatment. Six mice in the sham operation, IR, PSS (25) +IR, and PSS (50) +IR groups were randomly anesthetized and sacrificed at 2, 8, and 24 h after reperfusion.