Table 2.

(a) Preparation of the trickling solution of different concentrations; (b) preparation of the trickling solution from stock solution; and (c) concentration of trickling solutions in comparison with previous studies.

(a)
Preparation of trickling solution directly from different compounds		250 mM solution		500 mM solution		750 mM solution
Lithium chloride monohydrate (LiCl × H2O)		15.10 g L−1		30.20 g L−1		45.29 g L−1
Lithium chloride anhydrate (LiCl)		10.60 g L−1		21.20 g L−1		31.79 g L−1
(b)
	Preparation of stock solution			Preparation of trickling solution from the stock
	agent used (g)	final volume (mL)	final concentration (M)	stock solution (mL)	final volume (mL)	final concentration (mM)
LiCl anhydrate	500	2137	5.5	45.3	1000	250
LiCl monohydrate	500	1500	5.5	45.3	1000	250
(c)
		Concentration	Single volume/colony	Way of administration	Single dose/ colony Li+ basis (mg)	Reference
Lithium chloride		25 mM	ad libitum	feeding sugar syrup	-	Ziegelmann et al., 2018 [22] Ziegelmann et al., 2019 [23]
Lithium chloride		50 mM	ad libitum	feeding sugar syrup	-	Ziegelmann et al., 2018 [22]
Lithium chloride		50 mM	ad libitum	feeding sugar dough	-	Ziegelmann et al., 2019 [23]
Lithium chloride		25 mM	1000 mL	feeding sugar syrup	173.5	Kolics et al., 2019 [30]
						Presern et al., 2020 [25], Kolics et al., 2021a [31]
Lithium chloride		250 mM	40 mL	trickling	69.4	Kolics et al., 2021b [31], Kolics et al., 2020 [32], present study
Lithium chloride		500 mM	40 mL	trickling	138.8	present study
Lithium chloride		750 mM	40 mL	trickling	208.2	present study
Lithium citrate		5 mM	1000 mL	feeding sugar syrup	101	Stanimirovic et al., 2022 [29]
Lithium citrate		10 mM	1000 mL	feeding sugar syrup	202	Stanimirovic et al., 2022 [29]
Lithium citrate		15 mM	1000 mL	feeding sugar syrup	302.9	Stanimirovic et al., 2022 [29]
Lithium citrate		20 mM	1000 mL	feeding sugar syrup	403.9	Stanimirovic et al., 2022 [29]
Lithium citrate		25 mM	1000 mL	feeding sugar syrup	504.9	Stanimirovic et al., 2022 [29]