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. 2018 Apr 7;11(2):493–508. doi: 10.1007/s12602-018-9413-z

Table 4.

The faecal concentration of organic acids of the BALB/c mice on days 1, 7, 10 (day 3 post infection) and 14 (day 7 post infection)

Acid (mmol/L) Group Day
1 7 10 14
Lactic NC1

28.33 ± 1.82

**IC,***NC2

 25.29 ± 1.86 26.51 ± 1.53 25.42 ± 1.91
NC2 15.13 ± 1.08a 19.63 ± 1.37 22.47 ± 1.27b 24.56 ± 2.39
IC 18.86 ± 1.67 28.28 ± 3.65 23.91 ± 0.69 22.71 ± 2.46
LAB

41.41 ± 3.17c

**NC1, ***NC2, IC

 19.36 ± 1.97d 13.06 ± 1.29a 29.15 ± 4.03b
Acetic NC1 64.86 ± 9.10 57.53 ± 5.86 51.72 ± 4.24 65.6 ± 3.95
NC2 45.32 ± 4.42 52.11 ± 2.72c,A

85.48 ± 3.70d

**IC, LAB,***NC1

 72.23 ± 3.40B
IC 64.24 ± 7.16 76.49 ± 18.06 56.48 ± 6.18 55.17 ± 8.29
LAB 67.95 ± 7.26 65.04 ± 5.39 60.97 ± 4.14 73.99 ± 4.44
Propionic NC1 33.91 ± 4.88 30.29 ± 1.82 24.50 ± 2.35 33.38 ± 3.49
NC2 21.95 ± 2.06a 30.05 ± 1.87b 30.79 ± 2.03 29.08 ± 2.65
IC 26.79 ± 3.60 29.35 ± 3.34 22.87 ± 1.70 22.95 ± 4.60
LAB

37.52 ± 3.22a

**NC2

 26.06 ± 3.30b 28.58 ± 1.31 32.93 ± 3.65
Succinic NC1 15.97 ± 1.79 17.02 ± 3.15 14.19 ± 1.74 16.72 ± 2.78
NC2 6.98 ± 1.00c 17.50 ± 1.49d

18.60 ± 1.41

*LAB

 13.65 ± 1.34
IC 16.99 ± 2.30 21.86 ± 3.53 11.54 ± 1.69 18.30 ± 1.97
LAB

20.40 ± 1.66

***NC2

 22.50 ± 3.47 13.74 ± 1.17 a

32.37 ± 3.58b

**NC1, IC,***NC2
Acetoacetic NC1 69.92 ± 5.54A 84.93 ± 2.93 73.58 ± 3.52B 75.94 ± 4.17
NC2 60.17 ± 4.16A 69.76 ± 2.58

79.26 ± 2.81B

*LAB, **IC

 75.82 ± 2.72
IC 58.16 ± 3.61 66.69 ± 7.34 61.55 ± 3.75 54.34 ± 3.64
LAB 87.75 ± 4.88 70.82 ± 4.56 63.37 ± 3.68

79.58 ± 3.02

***IC
Butyric NC1 27.55 ± 2.49 24.26 ± 2.83 21.88 ± 2.07 19.97 ± 2.16
NC2 17.70 ± 1.38a 23.92 ± 2.21

27.56 ± 2.14

**IC, LAB

29.30 ± 4.42b

*IC, LAB
IC

25.61 ± 3.35

*LAB

27.56 ± 3.42

**LAB

 15.60 ± 1.56 16.17 ± 3.16
LAB 16.38 ± 0.52 15.77 ± 1.19 14.30 ± 1.37 17.43 ± 1.14
Valeric NC1 14.74 ± 1.08 15.36 ± 2.70

11.01 ± 1.28

*IC

 15.11 ± 1.11
NC2 14.01 ± 1.02 12.36 ± 0.95 17.34 ± 2.53 16.23 ± 5.07
IC 12.31 ± 1.32 9.86 ± 1.14 9.59 ± 1.00 7.42 ± 1.10
LAB 12.52 ± 1.15 11.95 ± 1.16 11.96 ± 0.66 9.63 ± 0.55

Control NC1 (n = 16), control NC2 (alginite, n = 16), IC (alginite + Salm. Typhimurium CCM 7205NAL, n = 17), LAB (alginite + Lact. reuteri CCM 8617 + Salm. Typhimurium CCM 7205NAL, n = 17). The results are expressed as the mean ± SD. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001 (statistical differences between groups). a,bP < 0.05, A,BP < 0.01, c,dP < 0.001 (statistical differences within groups)