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. 2021 Mar 16;69(12):3617–3625. doi: 10.1021/acs.jafc.0c06279

Table 3. Concentrations (μmol/g) of SCFA in Cecum of Mice.

  HFD LFD MIX XOS
acetic 35.5 ± 5.4b 34.2 ± 7.5b 47.7 ± 17.5ab 52.7 ± 16.9a
propionic 5.3 ± 0.9b 6.0 ± 1.3b 9.6 ± 2.8a 9.3 ± 1.9a
iso-butyric 0.8 ± 0.1a 0.8 ± 0.2a 0.8 ± 0.2a 0.7 ± 0.2a
butyric 5.0 ± 1.2bc 3.9 ± 1.3c 7.7 ± 4.1b 11.9 ± 5.2a
iso-valeric 0.9 ± 0.1a 0.8 ± 0.1a 1.0 ± 0.3a 0.9 ± 0.2a
valeric 1.0 ± 0.2a 0.8 ± 0.2b 0.9 ± 0.1ab 1.0 ± 0.2a
caproic 0.0 ± 0.0a 0.0 ± 0.0a 0.0 ± 0.0a 0.0 ± 0.0a
heptanoic 0.0 ± 0.0a 0.0 ± 0.0a 0.0 ± 0.0a 0.0 ± 0.0a
total 48.6 ± 6.7 46.5 ± 9.4 67.8 ± 19.9 76.6 ± 22.0
a

Values are means ± SEM, n = 10. Mean values in the same row with unlike superscript letters are significantly different. P < 0.05. 0.0 is less than 0.03 μmol/g.