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Table 4. Synbiotic test on survival of L. plantarum exposed by bile salt simulation.

Items	Nutmeg flesh extract level (ml/100 ml)				SEM	p-value
Items	5	10	15	20	SEM	A	L	Q
Exposed to bile salts for 0 h (log cfu/ml)	10.14^ab	10.02^a	10.19^b	10.23^b	1.67	<0.01	0.69	0.53
Exposed to bile salts for 2 h (log cfu/ml)	8.22^a	8.51^a	8.48^a	9.25^b	1.80	0.02	0.11	0.06
Survival rate (%)	81.08^a	84.93^a	83.22^a	90.44^b	0.89	<0.01	0.15	0.12

A = Analysis of variance; L = Orthogonal polynomial contrasts test for linear effects, Q = Orthogonal polynomial contrasts test for quadratic effects, SEM = Standard error of the means. ^a,bMeans in the same row with different superscripts differ significantly (p < 0.05).