Table 1.

Porcine stomachs (n = 3) were collected from a local abattoir and 4-mm punch biopsies of antral mucosal explants were cultured over 120 h in sterile DMEM containing 100 U/L penicillin and 100 μl/L streptomycin, 1 ml/L amphotericin, and 5% fetal bovine serum that was refreshed daily.

Hour	% Viability	SEM
0	97.5a	0.16
6	97.4a	0.11
24	95.6b	0.23
48	94.4c	0.23
72	94.5c	0.22
96	93.4bcd	0.69
120	92.6d	0.38

% Viability was assessed by calcein (10 μM) and ethidium homodimer-1 (20 μM) staining at 0, 6, 24, 48, 72, 96, and 120 h.

Different superscripts represent time points that are significantly different (p ≤0.05).