Oral administration of geranylgeranylacetone plus local somatothermal stimulation: A simple, effective, safe and operable preconditioning combination for conferring tolerance against ischemia-reperfusion injury in rat livers

Table 2 AST values at different time points in all groups (mean±SD)

Group	60 min afterclamping (n = 9)	30 min afterreperfusion (n = 9)	24 h after surgery	48 h after surgery	72 h after surgery
C	365.00±13.73	2 501.89±77.27a	3509.00±125.68 (n = 4)a	3881.00±55.15 (n = 2)a	–
G	363.56±12.86	2 525.67±66.83a	3539.67±156.83 (n = 3)a	3932.5±2.12 (n = 2)a	–
S	367.67±12.87	2 130.78±78.61c	3221.5±96.67 (n = 6)c	3595.80±60.44 (n = 5)c	3 188.00±63.64 (n = 2)c
WG	369.67±7.312	1 983.44±50.80	2591.5±186.35 (n = 8)	3060.50±145.10 (n = 6)	2 763.75±127.47 (n = 4)
SG	360.67±9.31	1 729.67±93.54	2019.33±156.83 (n = 9)	2482.38±113.96 (n = 8)	1 920.38±91.82 (n = 7)

^aP<0.05 vs group S, WG, SG;

^cP<0.05 vs group WG and SG LSD.