. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jul 17.

Published in final edited form as: Eur J Nutr. 2017 Sep 30;57(8):2759–2769. doi: 10.1007/s00394-017-1542-8

Table 3.

Cecum short-chain fatty acid content

	Acetic acid (μmol/g)	Propionic acid (μmol/g)	i-Butyric acid (μmol/g)	n-Butyric acid (μmol/g)*	i-Valeric acid (μmol/g)	n-Valeric acid (μmol/g)	Sum (μmol/g)

HF/HS	3.46 ± 0.53	0.34 ± 0.05^b	0.06 ± 0.01^b	0.62 ± 0.06^a	0.16 ± 0.02^ab	0.12 ± 0.02^b	4.75 ± 0.67
HF/HS-GTE	2.97 ± 0.41	0.42 ± 0.07^b	0.06 ± 0.01^b	0.65 ± 0.12^a	0.15 ± 0.01^ab	0.09 ± 0.03^b	4.35 ± 0.61
HS/HS-BTE	3.91 ± 0.57	0.59 ± 0.07^a	0.14 ± 0.02^a	0.86 ± 0.09^a	0.21 ± 0.03^a	0.18 ± 0.03^a	5.88 ± 0.78
LF/HS	3.55 ± 0.19	0.40 ± 0.04^b	0.05 ± 0.01^b	0.68 ± 0.08^a	0.10 ± 0.01^c	0.16 ± 0.01^a	4.94 ± 0.29

Data were analyzed by one-way ANOVA, followed by Tukey–Kramer multiple comparison procedure. Labeled means without a common letter differ, P < 0.05. n-Butyric acid: comparison between HF/HS and HF/HS-BTP diets showed trend (P = 0.071). Values are means ± SEMs (n = 6)