Table 3. The caecum SCFA concentrations for mice fed FOS(−) or FOS(+) diets1.
| FOS(−) | FOS(+) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | s.d. | n | Mean | s.d. | n | |
| Acetate (mmol/kg caecum water) | 24·6 | 0·6 | 5 | 40·5* | 9·6 | 5 |
| Propionate (mmol/kg caecum water) | 5·1 | 0·5 | 5 | 6·4 | 1·4 | 5 |
| Butyrate (mmol/kg caecum water) | 2·8 | 0·6 | 5 | 7·6* | 2·3 | 5 |
SCFA: short-chain fatty acid; FOS: fructooligosaccharides; s.d.: standard deviation.
1
The FOS(+) diet includes 5% fructooligosaccharides (Meiji Seika Kaisya, Ltd, Tokyo, Japan) + 95% FOS(−) diet (for details of the FOS(−) diet, see Table 1.
*
Significant difference from the FOS(−) diet group (P < 0·05) by the Student's t-test.