Table 3.

Average concentration (n 8 ± sd) of the faecal metabolites on day 1 (baseline) and day 4 with a significant change following consumption of the control and bean hull bread rolls for 3 days

	Metabolites in faecal waters
	Day 1 Control bread (baseline)		Day 4 Control bread		P value	Day 1 Bean hull bread (baseline)		Day 4 Bean hull bread		P value
	n 8	sd	n 8	sd		n 8	sd	n 8	sd
Vanillic acid	421·88	341·00	139·90	141·95	0·049	191·00	87·10	93·56	69·64	< 0·001
1,2-Hydroxybenzene	384·10	566·60	276·90	247·90	0·37	310·56	229·50	139·78	130·62	0·01
Taurochenodeoxycholic acid	9·20	9·20	21·70	43·24	0·54	23·60	28·85	101·14	86·29	0·03
3,4,5-Trimethoxybenzaldehyde	0·00	0·00	3·10	8·90	0·35	0·00	0·00	12·96	14·75	0·04
Chenodeoxycholic acid	627·30	1172·30	286·70	810·90	0·26	1022·91	1334·30	0·00	0·00	0·05
4-Methylcatechol	1703·60	1591·90	1857·40	2006·30	0·86	1898·00	1487·50	1130·83	1178·90	0·02
2,5-Dihydroxybenzoic acid	1444·30	1842·60	472·90	563·34	0·08	789·00	761·90	258·33	269·20	0·03
Tyramine	575·20	742·70	240·20	181·26	0·28	844·06	1456·50	609·83	1354·55	0·04
Indole-3 acetic	3002·60	2458·80	1485·40	815·30	0·17	2479·50	3010·0	4903·89	4633·10	0·04
Cholic acid	4977·60	8173·00	7934·40	19 469·90	0·73	1834·10	2416·00	93·82	265·40	0·046
4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenylacetic acid	3215·00	2880·00	1203·10	1424·20	0·11	2241·67	1010·90	1250·56	1256·00	0·02
Deoxycholic acid	47 174·40	32 155·64	89 951·60	54 157·40	0·02	53 407·60	48 474·30	43 685·00	30 336·30	0·58
Phenylacetic acid	96 106·25	49 606·40	143 812·50	75 465·70	0·02	112 088·90	42 524·60	101 822·20	59 595·60	0·56
l-methyl	442·00	612·40	1659·20	1631·60	0·02	850·10	1002·10	585·00	1151·30	0·34
Syringic acid	273·56	190·60	112·80	82·30	0·03	249·10	334·97	167·00	235·70	0·09

P value determined using t test.