FIG. 2.

Effect of doenjang on the number of Bifidobacteria and Enterobacteriaceae (A) and harmful enzyme activities (B) in fecal samples from mice treated with or without doenjang. The fresh feces were suspended in 9 volumes of dilution media, inoculated in BL agar plates and DHL agar plates. DHL agar plates were aerobically cultured for 1 day at 37°C, and BL agar plates were anaerobically cultured for 3 days at 37°C. The fecal enzyme activities were measured as described in Materials and Methods. All values were indicated as the mean±S.D. (n=5). *P<.05 compared with NC.