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).