Table 3. Survival of encapsulated cells and free cells after sequential incubation in artificial gastric juice (AGJ) and artificial intestinal juice (AIJ).
Treatment solution | Treatment time (h) | Cell count (CFU/mL) |
|
---|---|---|---|
Encapsulated cell | Free cell | ||
0 | 11.11 ± 0.03 | 11.04 ± 0.11 | |
Artificial gastric juice (pH 2.0) | 1 | 10.72 ± 0.05 | 5.77 ± 0.04 |
2 | 10. 68 ± 0.08 | ND | |
Artificial intestinal juice (pH 7.0) | 3 | 10.41 ± 0.02 | ND |
4 | 10.00 ± 0.10 | ND |
ND, not detected.
Values shown are means±standard deviations (n=3).