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Table 3 Effect of experimental diets on final bodyweight, food intake, faecal output, pH, caecal weight and caecal content weight1.

From: Effect of high amylose maize starches on colonic fermentation and apoptotic response to DNA-damage in the colon of rats

 

Control

Cellulose

HYLON VII

Hi-maize 1043

Hi-maize 240

Hi-maize 260

NOVELOSE 330

Final bodyweight

369 ± 4

353 ± 8

345 ± 10

345 ± 11

341 ± 9

366 ± 8

359 ± 4

Food intake (g/d)

17.9 ± 0.8bc

18.0 ± 0.5bc

15.5 ± 0.7a

15.8 ± 0.7ab

15.4 ± 0.7a

15.6 ± 0.5ab

19.0 ± 0.4c

Faecal Output (g/d)

0.5 ± 0.1a

1.7 ± 0.1b

1.7 ± 0.2b

1.9 ± 0.2b

1.7 ± 0.2b

2.2 ± 0.2b

3.2 ± 0.3c

Faecal pH

7.4 ± 0.05d

7.1 ± 0.03c

5.7 ± 0.03ab

5.8 ± 0.05b

5.7 ± 0.04ab

5.8 ± 0.07b

5.5 ± 0.03a

Caecal pH

7.5 ± 0.06c

7.2 ± 0.05b

5.6 ± 0.03a

5.6 ± 0.02a

5.7 ± 0.02a

5.7 ± 0.01a

5.5 ± 0.03a

Caecum weight (g)

0.60 ± 0.03ab

0.54 ± 0.02a

0.66 ± 0.03b

0.62 ± 0.04ab

0.66 ± 0.03ab

0.71 ± 0.04b

0.95 ± 0.04c

Caecal contents (g)

1.3 ± 0.05a

1.58 ± 0.08ab

1.50 ± 0.11ab

1.24 ± 0.05a

1.97 ± 0.06b

1.76 ± 0.09b

2.43 ± 0.19c

  1. 1 Means ± SEM, n = 12. Means with superscripts without a common letter differ, P < 0.05.