Table 4.

Concentration of fecal metabolites from control and GOS90-fed mice at the end of the feeding trial. Significant differences (unpaired t-tests p<0.1) between controls and prebiotic-fed mice and between controls and prebiotic responders are bold.

Metabolite	Control (n =15)	GOS90 (n = 6)	GOS90 (Responders) (n = 4)	p value (control vs GOS90)	P value (control vs GOS90 responders)
Acetate	6.93 ± 4.02	4.17 ± 1.65	3.52 ± 1.52	0.03	0.02
Propanoate	6.12 ± 5.39	3.19 ± 2.38	3.26 ± 2.90	0.17	0.16
Isobutyrate	0.24 ± 0.28	0.15 ± 0.19	0.08 ± 0.09	0.28	0.10
Butyrate	16.13 ± 8.99	10.41 ± 5.64	9.30 ± 5.41	0.10	0.06
Valerate	0.14 ± 0.16	0.11 ± 0.09	0.04 ± 0.02	0.58	0.05
Lactate	7.36 ± 6.90	2.22 ± 3.83	2.73 ± 4.54	0.09	0.11
2-aminobutyrate	0.14 ± 0.06	0.13 ± 0.10	0.13 ± 0.13	0.90	0.99
4-aminobutyrate	2.15 ± 0.93	1.61 ± 0.85	1.33 ± 0.86	0.40	0.08
Glycerol	3.62 ± 3.07	2.55 ± 2.69	3.26 ± 2.97	0.71	0.81
Succinate	0.12 ± 0.10	0.15 ± 0.08	0.16 ± 0.09	0.36	0.39
Galactose	0.90 ± 0.71	0.64 ± 0.57	0.79 ± 0.63	0.62	0.74
Glucose	4.64 ± 3.22	3.34 ± 3.12	4.00 ± 3.57	0.57	0.71