Table 2.

Prebiotic activity scores (mean ± standard deviation, n = 3) of freeze-dried xique-xique (Pilosocereus gounellei) cladode juice (XCJ, 20 g/L) and fructooligossaccharides (FOS, 20 g/L) on different probiotic Lactobacillus isolates

Probiotics	XCJ	FOS
L. acidophilus LA-05	1.0 ± 0.3	1.0 ± 0.2
L. casei L-26	0.9 ± 0.2	0.9 ± 0.3
L. paracasei L-10	1.1 ± 0.3	1.3 ± 0.2

No significant difference (p > 0.05) among values found for XCJ or FOS on different probiotic isolates, as well as for XCJ and FOS on a same probiotic isolate, based on Tukey’s test and Students’ t test, respectively