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Table 5.

Effects of samples on gastrointestinal (GI) transit in activated carbon-induced constipation model mice.

Treatment	Normal	Control	Bisacodyl	Lactobacillus bulgaricus	LF-Suo (×10⁹ CFU/kg b.w.)
Treatment	Normal	Control	Bisacodyl	Lactobacillus bulgaricus	0.1 (g)	1.0 (g)
Small intestine length (cm)	47.9 ± 2.6 ^a	44.6 ± 4.2 ^a	47.2 ± 2.2 ^a	46.4 ± 3.2 ^a	47.0 ± 3.8 ^a	47.1 ± 2.5 ^a
Distance traveled (cm)	47.9 ± 2.6 ^a	18.8 ± 3.2 ^f	44.7 ± 1.3 ^b	25.6 ± 2.5 ^e	34.0 ± 3.1 ^d	40.3 ± 1.9 ^c
GI transit (%)	100.0 ± 0.0 ^a	42.1 ± 5.6 ^f	94.6 ± 6.7 ^b	55.2 ± 4.6 ^e	72.3 ± 6.5 ^d	85.5 ± 6.3 ^c

n = 10 ICR mice in each group, bisacodyl: 100 mg/kg b.w.; Lactobacillus bulgaricus (1.0 × 10⁹ CFU/kg b.w.); LF-Suo: Lactobacillus fermentum Suo; ^a–f Mean values with different letters in the same column are significantly different (p < 0.05) according to Duncan’s multiple range test.