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. 2017 Apr 3;61(1):1308118. doi: 10.1080/16546628.2017.1308118

Table 4.

Gastrointestinal tissue and fresh digesta masses of rats fed different dietary fibersa.

Item Controlb KFb PWMS + GGb PWMS + XGb P-value
Stomach (g/100 g BW)          
Tissue 0.45 ± 0.03 0.49 ± 0.03 0.48 ± 0.02 0.47 ± 0.03 0.85
Digesta, fresh 2.27 ± 0.23 2.18 ± 0.39 2.25 ± 0.36 2.10 ± 0.29 0.98
Small intestine (g/100 g BW)        
Tissue 2.07 ± 0.10 2.18 ± 0.10 2.07 ± 0.09 2.15 ± 0.13 0.85
Digesta, fresh 0.93 ± 0.05 1.11 ± 0.10 1.05 ± 0.09 1.01 ± 0.08 0.48
Caecum (g/100 g BW)          
Tissue 0.39 ± 0.03 0.35 ± 0.01 0.37 ± 0.02 0.36 ± 0.02 0.62
Digesta, fresh 0.69 ± 0.06d 1.01 ± 0.06c 0.91 ± 0.08c 0.82 ± 0.06cd 0.01
Colon (g/100 g BW)          
Tissue 0.28 ± 0.02 0.31 ± 0.03 0.31 ± 0.03 0.31 ± 0.03 0.84
Digesta, fresh 0.35 ± 0.04 0.47 ± 0.05 0.48 ± 0.08 0.41 ± 0.19 0.42

aValues are mean ±SEM, n = 8 per group;

b Diets were control or supplemented with 2% fiber of konjac flour (KF), pregelatinized waxy maize starch plus guar gum (PWMS + GG), or pregelatinized waxy maize starch plus xanthan gum (PWMS + XG);

c,d means values with different superscript letters in the same row are significantly different (< 0.05).