Fig. 2.
Luminal stool and water contents of control and DSS-treated rat distal colon. A: wet stool weight was measured immediately after luminal contents emptied from colon. B: dry stool weight was measured after 48 h of drying the wet stool in 60°C oven. C: weight of luminal water in each colon was calculated by subtracting dry stool weight from the corresponding wet stool weight. Data represent means ± SE values from 6 different animals in both groups. *P < 0.001, compared with control.