. 2023 Nov 23;43(2):110–119. doi: 10.12938/bmfh.2023-055

Table 3. Organic acid concentrations in the mouse feces.

Organic acid (μmol/g feces)^a	Concentrationon day 1	Concentration on day 14

		Control diet	6% 1-kestose diet		6% raffinose diet

		Blo0146 (C)	Blo0146 (KB)	1×PBS (KP)	Blo0146 (RB)	1×PBS (RP)
Succinate	0.04 ± 0.01	0.01 ± 0.00	0.01 ± 0.01	0.02 ± 0.01	0.03 ± 0.03	0.23 ± 0.21
DL-Lactate	0.82 ± 0.57	0.41 ± 0.07	0.53 ± 0.19	0.64 ± 0.50	1.47 ± 0.69	1.28 ± 0.28
Acetate	2.6 ± 0.4^a	4.07 ± 0.44^a	9.71 ± 1.95^ab	9.65 ± 3.56^ab	18.96 ± 4.99^b	19.63 ± 1.46^b
Propionate	3.15 ± 0.26^a	2.83 ± 0.33^a	6.44 ± 1.18^ab	5.67 ± 2.11^ab	9.99 ± 2.39^bc	16.38 ± 3.27^c
iso-Butyrate	0.18 ± 0.03	0.34 ± 0.07	0.22 ± 0.04	0.15 ± 0.05	0.29 ± 0.06	0.23 ± 0.04
n-Butyrate	1.42 ± 0.21^a	1.76 ± 0.47^ab	6.45 ± 1.64^bc	6.23 ± 1.88^abc	9.12 ± 1.7^cd	12.91 ± 1.5^d
Total	8.21 ± 1.1^a	9.42 ± 1.17^a	23.36 ± 4.56^ab	22.35 ± 7.82^ab	39.87 ± 9.48^bc	50.66 ± 3.78^c

^aData are shown as means ± standard error of the mean (Day 1, n=10; C group, n=8; others, at least n=4).

Tukey–Kramer HSD test was conducted as a statistical analysis. Different superscript letters represented significant differences among groups at p<0.05.

C: control-diet-fed, B. longum administered; KB: 1-kestose-fed, B. longum administered; KP: 1-kestose-fed, 1×PBS administered; RB: raffinose-fed, B. longum administered; RP: raffinose-fed, 1×PBS administered.