. 2011 Nov 10;33(1):197–202. doi: 10.1093/carcin/bgr254

Table II.

Digesta (μmol/g) and hepatic portal (μM) SCFA concentrations of rats fed diets containing LAMS, LAMS with 3% tributyrin (LAMST), HAMS and HAMSB

	LAMS	LAMST	HAMS	HAMSB
Caecum
Acetate	56.0 ± 3.3	44.6 ± 5.9	51.1 ± 4.4	47.3 ± 5.7
Propionate	16.8 ± 0.9^a	15.5 ± 1.8^a	19.4 ± 2.0^a	28.2 ± 3.1^b
Butyrate	14.0 ± 1.3^a	11.0 ± 1.4^a	13.3 ± 1.4^a	32.1 ± 3.7^b
Total	91.1 ± 5.1^ab	75.6 ± 9.3^a	88.2 ± 7.3^ab	111.0 ± 11.5^b
Proximal colon
Acetate	48.2 ± 3.2	29.5 ± 4.3	41.8 ± 5.0	39.3 ± 5.7
Propionate	12.9 ± 0.7^a	9.1 ± 1.3^a	16.2 ± 2.0^ab	22.3 ± 2.7^b
Butyrate	12.5 ± 1.8^a	7.3 ± 2.1^a	11.9 ± 2.1^a	28.4 ± 5.0^b
Total	77.2 ± 5.3^ab	48.6 ± 7.7^a	73.8 ± 8.8^ab	93.1 ± 13.0^b
Distal colon
Acetate	46.6 ± 5.1	31.2 ± 4.6	43.2 ± 4.0	38.1 ± 3
Propionate	9.8 ± 1.5^ab	8.6 ± 1.5^b	15.4 ± 1.8^a	24.1 ± 2.0^c
Butyrate	12.4 ± 2.2^a	9.3 ± 2.1^a	12.0 ± 2.2^a	29.8 ± 3.0^b
Total	71.6 ± 8.8^a	2.2 ± 8.4^a	74.6 ± 7.2^ab	95.4 ± 8.0^b
Hepatic portal venous plasma
Acetate	631 ± 60	466 ± 49	558 ± 39	681 ± 75
Propionate	123 ± 33^a	59 ± 8^a	107 ± 10^a	251 ± 38^b
Butyrate	50 ± 9^a	102 ± 27^ab	51 ± 8^a	201 ± 47^b

Values are mean ± standard error of the mean (n = 9–10, except proximal colon n = 6–8). Means with a different superscript within each row are significantly different (P < 0.05).