Observation: 6 h post‐surgery; Survival: sham 4.5%, AP 25%, Danshen 13.6%; Pancreatitis severity: ascites, edema, hemorrhage/necrosis grading, HE pathology; Microcirculation: not directly measured; Inflammation/oxidative stress: plasma SOD. The gene discussed is SOD1; the disease is hereditary elliptocytosis.