Table 3.

In vitro bile acid binding of extracted β-glucan from different varieties of barley

Barley	Bile acid bound
	Relative % to cholestyramine	µmol/100 mg total weight
Less-hulled	25.74 ± 0.18b1,2	2.31 ± 0.02b
Beer	25.07 ± 0.28bc	2.25 ± 0.02bc
Black	24.39 ± 0.19c	2.18 ± 0.11c
Waxy-naked	27.16 ± 0.43a	2.43 ± 0.04a
Naked	25.40 ± 0.40bc	2.27 ± 0.04bc
Blue	25.26 ± 0.62bc	2.26 ± 0.06bc
Cholestyramin	100	8.96 ± 0.53
Cellulose	0.66	0.06 ± 0.02

¹Each value is mean ± standard deviation

²Means with the different letter in a column indicate significant difference (p < 0.05) by Duncan’s multiple range test