. 2017 Feb 26;2017:6817196. doi: 10.1155/2017/6817196

Table 2.

Faecal and urine nitrogen content in rats fed a diet containing EW (unheated, soft-boiled, or boiled), milk whey protein, or soy protein.

	Unheated EW	Soft-boiled EW	Boiled EW	Milk whey protein	Soy protein (reference)
Faecal weight (dry g/5 days)	6.07 ± 0.10	6.15 ± 0.16	6.29 ± 0.10	6.27 ± 0.39	6.06 ± 0.24
Urine volume (mL/5 days)	55.1 ± 29.9	42.3 ± 6.9	39.0 ± 5.7	27.8 ± 4.3	14.5 ± 1.1
Faecal nitrogen (mg/5 days)	73.4 ± 3.1^a	76.0 ± 4.2^a	81.5 ± 1.8^b	99.4 ± 2.4^c	95.2 ± 2.4
Urine nitrogen (mg/5 days)	119 ± 21^a	162 ± 24^a	146 ± 20^a	275 ± 26^b	727 ± 39

Mean ± SE of six rats. Superscript letters indicate a significant difference (Tukey's test, p < 0.05).