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Diet group 1
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CONT
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CELL
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FOS
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GLUC
|
PECT
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|---|
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Caecum
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Concentrations (mmol/l)
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|
Total
|
68.9 ± 7.01a
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61.2 ± 7.79a
|
115.9 ± 10.80b,c
|
131.7 ± 6.82c
|
97.7 ± 6.88b
|
|
Acetate
|
47.6 ± 2.72a
|
41.2 ± 3.14a
|
21.7 ± 3.51b
|
23.8 ± 3.38b
|
49.2 ± 6.00a
|
|
Propionate
|
8.6 ± 0.58a,b
|
6.7 ± 0.48b,c
|
4.0 ± 0.89c
|
11.9 ± 1.88a
|
7.8 ± 0.70b,c
|
|
Butyrate
|
7.1 ± 0.58a,b
|
8.0 ± 1.37a,b
|
10.3 ± 2.29a
|
7.5 ± 1.48a,b
|
3.9 ± 0.84b
|
|
Succinate
|
5.3 ± 4.70a
|
6.2 ± 3.52a
|
74.2 ± 11.03b
|
88.5 ± 8.93b
|
36.8 ± 7.14c
|
|
Lactate
|
1.3 ± 0.92
|
0.0
|
5.7 ± 4.64
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
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Proportional concentrations
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|
Acetate
|
0.69
|
0.67
|
0.19
|
0.18
|
0.50
|
|
Propionate
|
0.12
|
0.11
|
0.03
|
0.09
|
0.08
|
|
Butyrate
|
0.10
|
0.13
|
0.09
|
0.06
|
0.04
|
|
Succinate
|
0.08
|
0.10
|
0.64
|
0.67
|
0.38
|
|
Lactate
|
0.02
|
0.00
|
0.05
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
|
Colon
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|
Concentrations (mmol/l)
| | | | |
|
Total
|
63.5 ± 6.53a,b
|
52.0 ± 6.51b
|
121.3 ± 4.51c
|
131.0 ± 5.41c
|
79.7 ± 8.63a
|
|
Acetate
|
40.9 ± 4.59a
|
33.4 ± 2.96a
|
15.7 ± 1.85b
|
16.4 ± 3.46b
|
32.4 ± 3.97a
|
|
Propionate
|
7.7 ± 0.77
|
6.4 ± 0.74
|
3.6 ± 0.99
|
5.0 ± 1.50
|
6.6 ± 1.20
|
|
Butyrate
|
5.6 ± 0.82
|
8.2 ± 3.08
|
5.4 ± 1.30
|
5.3 ± 1.74
|
2.9 ± 0.70
|
|
Succinate
|
6.7 ± 3.41a
|
3.0 ± 0.80a
|
92.0 ± 9.35b
|
104.3 ± 6.73b
|
37.8 ± 8.70c
|
|
Lactate
|
2.6 ± 1.98
|
1.0 ± 0.79
|
4.6 ± 3.87
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
|
Proportional concentrations
| | | | |
|
Acetate
|
0.64
|
0.64
|
0.13
|
0.13
|
0.41
|
|
Propionate
|
0.12
|
0.12
|
0.03
|
0.04
|
0.08
|
|
Butyrate
|
0.09
|
0.16
|
0.04
|
0.04
|
0.04
|
|
Succinate
|
0.11
|
0.06
|
0.76
|
0.80
|
0.47
|
|
Lactate
|
0.04
|
0.02
|
0.04
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
- 1Diets were control (CONT) or contained 10% w/w fibre as cellulose (CELL), fructo-oligosaccharide (FOS), oat beta-glucan (GLUC) or apple pectin (PECT). Values are means ± s.e.m. (n = 10/group). Within rows, values without a common letter are significantly different (P < 0.05).
