Table 2.

Liver and spleen weight and ratio of colon weight to colon length

	1-week recovery				2-week recovery
	Control	α-MG	DSS	DSS + α-MG	Control	α-MG	DSS	DSS + α-MG
Liver (% BW)a)	4.0 ± 0.3	3.9 ± 0.5	4.0 ± 0.4	6.0 ± 0.5**	4.5 ± 0.4	4.3 ± 0.5	4.1 ± 0.3	4.8 ± 0.3**
Spleen (% BW)	0.3 ± 0.1	0.3 ± 0.1	0.3 ± 0.1	0.7 ± 0.1**	0.3 ± 0.1	0.3 ± 0.0	0.3 ± 0.1	0.4 ± 0.2**
Colon weight/lengthb)	19.5 ± 2.8	28.5 ± 2.9*	23.8 ± 3.1	40.8 ± 7.1**	18.3 ± 2.0	30.6 ± 1.6*	19.7 ± 1.7	35.0 ± 1.7**

^a) BW, body weight.

^b) Colon weigh to length ratio in milligram per centimeter.

^*p < 0.05 against control group;

^**p < 0.05 against DSS group.

The data points represent the mean (± SD) of values from ten mice per group.