Table 3.

Effects of EEF on postburn changes of portal endotoxin level (Eu/ml, ¯x ± s)

Group	Samples	Postbun hours (h)
		3	6	12	24	48
EEF	40	0.683 ± 0.072ab	0.797 ± 0.085ab	0.542 ± 0.078ab	0.725 ± 0.061ab	0.461 ± 0.049ab
Burn	40	1.394 ± 0.126b	1.518 ± 0.173b	1.124 ± 0.133b	1.627 ± 0.215b	1.168 ± 0.188b
Control	40	0.206 ± 0.032	0.195 ± 0.043	0.189 ± 0.049	0.204 ± 0.037	0.215 ± 0.051

^aP < 0.01 vs Burn group;

^bP < 0.01 vs Control.