Table 3 Concentrations (mmol/l) of fermentation products in caecum and colon contents of rats given different dietary treatments

68.9 ± 7.01^a

61.2 ± 7.79^a

115.9 ± 10.80^b,c

131.7 ± 6.82^c

97.7 ± 6.88^b

47.6 ± 2.72^a

41.2 ± 3.14^a

21.7 ± 3.51^b

23.8 ± 3.38^b

49.2 ± 6.00^a

8.6 ± 0.58^a,b

6.7 ± 0.48^b,c

4.0 ± 0.89^c

11.9 ± 1.88^a

7.8 ± 0.70^b,c

7.1 ± 0.58^a,b

8.0 ± 1.37^a,b

10.3 ± 2.29^a

7.5 ± 1.48^a,b

3.9 ± 0.84^b

5.3 ± 4.70^a

6.2 ± 3.52^a

74.2 ± 11.03^b

88.5 ± 8.93^b

36.8 ± 7.14^c

1.3 ± 0.92

0.0

5.7 ± 4.64

0.0

0.0

0.69

0.67

0.19

0.18

0.50

0.12

0.11

0.03

0.09

0.08

0.10

0.13

0.09

0.06

0.04

0.08

0.10

0.64

0.67

0.38

0.02

0.00

0.05

0.00

0.00

63.5 ± 6.53^a,b

52.0 ± 6.51^b

121.3 ± 4.51^c

131.0 ± 5.41^c

79.7 ± 8.63^a

40.9 ± 4.59^a

33.4 ± 2.96^a

15.7 ± 1.85^b

16.4 ± 3.46^b

32.4 ± 3.97^a

7.7 ± 0.77

6.4 ± 0.74

3.6 ± 0.99

5.0 ± 1.50

6.6 ± 1.20

5.6 ± 0.82

8.2 ± 3.08

5.4 ± 1.30

5.3 ± 1.74

2.9 ± 0.70

6.7 ± 3.41^a

3.0 ± 0.80^a

92.0 ± 9.35^b

104.3 ± 6.73^b

37.8 ± 8.70^c

2.6 ± 1.98

1.0 ± 0.79

4.6 ± 3.87

0.0

0.0

0.64

0.64

0.13

0.13

0.41

0.12

0.12

0.03

0.04

0.08

0.09

0.16

0.04

0.04

0.04

0.11

0.06

0.76

0.80

0.47

0.04

0.02

0.04

0.00

0.00