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. 2018 Jul 31;10(8):1003. doi: 10.3390/nu10081003

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Experimental design of the study. Experimental plan outline where a vehicle or control group (Ctrl, n = 6) was gavaged with distilled water from days 0 to 28. Control + polysaccharide group (Ctrl + DIP, n = 6) received distilled water from days 0 to 14 followed by polysaccharide (DIP) treatment from days 15 to 28. Antibiotic groups (Clin/Met, n = 6 per group) received antibiotics, either clindamycin (0.2 mg/0.2 mL) or metronidazole (3.5 mg/0.2 mL), from days 0 to 14 and were sacrificed on day 15. Antibiotic + polysaccharide groups (Clin + DIP/Met + DIP, n = 6 per group) received antibiotics (clindamycin (0.2 mg/0.2 mL) or metronidazole (3.5 mg/0.2 mL)) from days 0 to 14 followed by DIP treatment from days 15 to 28. Antibiotic + natural restoration groups (Clin + NR/Met + NR, n = 6 per group) received antibiotics from days 0–14 followed by no treatment from days 15 to 28 to observe natural restoration.