Table 2.

Probiotic count in anaerobic fermentation medium containing different concentrations of PSPAs, P1, P2, P3, P4 and P5 at 37 °C for 48 h.

Samples	Concentration (mg/mL)	Probiotic count (log cfu/mL)
		B. bifidum	B. adolescentis	B. infantis	L. acidophilus
FOS	0	0.38 ± 0.04Ab	0.32 ± 0.04Ac	0.42 ± 0.05Ac	0.48±0.07Ab
	0.5	2.10 ± 0.05ABa	1.94 ± 0.13Bb	1.88 ± 0.08Bb	2.33 ± 0.07Aa
	1.0	2.18 ± 0.05ABa	2.14 ± 0.09Bab	2.04 ± 0.06Bab	2.42 ± 0.10Aa
	1.5	2.31 ± 0.05ABa	2.24 ± 0.08ABa	2.15 ± 0.10Ba	2.44 ± 0.09Aa
	2.0	2.17 ± 0.12ABa	2.20 ± 0.07ABab	2.07±0.06Bab	2.42 ± 0.11Aa
	2.5	2.17 ± 0.07Ba	2.17 ± 0.07Bab	2.02 ± 0.06Bab	2.41 ± 0.07Aa
PSPAs	0	0.41 ± 0.04Ac	0.31 ± 0.06Bb	0.41 ± 0.05Ab	0.50 ± 0.04Ab
	0.5	0.94 ± 0.03ABb	0.85 ± 0.04Bab	0.93 ± 0.04ABa	1.06 ± 0.05Aab
	1.0	1.05 ± 0.03Ba	0.99 ± 0.05BCa	0.92 ± 0.06Ca	1.11 ± 0.06Aa
	1.5	1.11 ± 0.04Aa	0.94±0.03Ba	0.91 ± 0.04Ba	1.13 ± 0.05Aa
	2.0	1.02 ± 0.05ABa	0.86 ± 0.05Bab	0.91 ± 0.06Ba	1.10 ± 0.06Aa
	2.5	0.93 ± 0.09Bb	0.82 ± 0.05Cab	0.89 ± 0.07BCa	1.05 ± 0.05Aab
P1	0	0.40 ± 0.05Ab	0.30 ± 0.06Bc	0.42 ± 0.06Ac	0.49 ± 0.05Ab
	0.5	1.43 ± 0.05Bab	1.36 ± 0.04Bb	1.39 ± 0.06Bb	1.70 ± 0.06Aab
	1.0	1.61 ± 0.07Bab	1.51 ± 0.06BCa	1.46 ± 0.05Ca	1.75 ± 0.07Aa
	1.5	1.69 ± 0.06Aa	1.54 ± 0.05Ba	1.40 ± 0.04Ba	1.73 ± 0.07Aa
	2.0	1.50 ± 0.05Bab	1.53 ± 0.04Ba	1.38 ± 0.07Bb	1.71 ± 0.06Aa
	2.5	1.41 ± 0.04BCab	1.50 ± 0.07Ba	1.36 ± 0.05Cb	1.68 ± 0.04Aab
P2	0	0.42 ± 0.07Ac	0.32 ± 0.07Bb	0.43 ± 0.07Ab	0.50 ± 0.06Ac
	0.5	1.08 ± 0.06Ab	0.81 ± 0.05Bab	0.90 ± 0.05Ba	1.09 ± 0.04Ab
	1.0	1.22 ± 0.06Aa	0.93 ± 0.06Ba	0.96 ± 0.04Ba	1.14 ± 0.06Aab
	1.5	1.21 ± 0.08Aa	0.89 ± 0.07Cab	1.02 ± 0.06Ba	1.18 ± 0.04Aa
	2.0	1.13 ± 0.06Aab	0.87 ± 0.05Bab	0.98 ± 0.06Ba	1.15 ± 0.05Aab
	2.5	1.07 ± 0.04Ab	0.85 ± 0.07Bab	0.97 ± 0.06Aa	1.11 ± 0.06Aab
P3	0	0.44 ± 0.06Ab	0.31 ± 0.05Ab	0.42 ± 0.06Ab	0.48 ± 0.07Ab
	0.5	1.05 ± 0.03Aab	0.84 ± 0.06Bab	0.88 ± 0.05Ba	1.04 ± 0.04Aab
	1.0	1.18 ± 0.04Aa	0.88 ± 0.04Ba	0.90±0.05Ba	1.13 ± 0.05Aa
	1.5	1.16 ± 0.06Aa	0.89 ± 0.06Ba	0.92 ± 0.06Ba	1.11 ± 0.05Aa
	2.0	1.12 ± 0.04Aa	0.87 ± 0.08Ba	0.88 ± 0.05Ba	1.09 ± 0.06Aab
	2.5	1.07±0.05Aab	0.84 ± 0.06Bab	0.86 ± 0.07Ba	1.05 ± 0.05Aab
P4	0	0.41 ± 0.04Bc	0.32 ± 0.06Bb	0.43±0.04Bb	0.51 ± 0.06Ab
	0.5	0.72 ± 0.03Bb	0.64±0.06Cab	0.71 ± 0.05Ba	0.82 ± 0.04Aab
	1.0	0.87 ± 0.02Aa	0.70 ± 0.05Ba	0.73 ± 0.06Ba	0.90±0.05Aa
	1.5	0.86 ± 0.04Aa	0.74 ± 0.04Aa	0.72 ± 0.08Aa	0.85 ± 0.05Aab
	2.0	0.78 ± 0.03Aab	0.70 ± 0.06Aa	0.71 ± 0.05Aa	0.83 ± 0.05Aab
	2.5	0.74 ± 0.04Aab	0.67 ± 0.06Bab	0.69 ± 0.05Ba	0.79 ± 0.04Aab
P5	0	0.42 ± 0.05Bb	0.31 ± 0.05Bb	0.42±0.06Bb	0.51 ± 0.06Ab
	0.5	0.74 ± 0.03Aab	0.62 ± 0.03Bab	0.68 ± 0.04Ba	0.78 ± 0.04Aab
	1.0	0.85 ± 0.03Aa	0.71 ± 0.06Ba	0.70 ± 0.05Ba	0.82±0.05Aa
	1.5	0.79 ± 0.04Aab	0.69 ± 0.07Ba	0.68 ± 0.06Ba	0.80±0.05Aa
	2.0	0.75 ± 0.03Aab	0.67 ± 0.08Ba	0.66 ± 0.07Ba	0.76±0.07Aab
	2.5	0.73 ± 0.03Aab	0.65 ± 0.07Bab	0.65 ± 0.07Ba	0.73 ± 0.07Aab

Data were expressed as means ± SD. Different capital letters indicate significant differences (P < 0.05) in the probiotic counts among different bacteria. Different lowercase letters indicate significant differences (P < 0.05) in the probiotic count among different concentrations.