Table 1.

Reducing sugar contents (C_R) of polysaccharides from lotus leaves during in vitro digestion and fermentation by human feces.

Digestion and fermentation processes	Time (h)	CR (mg/mL)
Salivary digestion	0.25	0.112 ± 0.004 a
	0.5	0.114 ± 0.006 a
Gastric juice digestion	0.5	0.107 ± 0.006 a
	1	0.104 ± 0.005 a
	2	0.105 ± 0.004 a
	4	0.104 ± 0.005 a
Small intestinal juice digestion	0.5	0.094 ± 0.003 a
	1	0.096 ± 0.003 a
	2	0.092 ± 0.006 a
	4	0.097 ± 0.004 a
Fecal microbial fermentation	0	0.498 ± 0.022 d
	6	2.176 ± 0.028 a
	12	2.115 ± 0.080 a
	24	1.571 ± 0.064 b
	48	1.378 ± 0.037 c

Values represent mean ± standard deviation, and different superscript lowercase letters (a-d) indicate significance (p < 0.05) in each row. Statistical significances were carried out by ANOVA and Duncan's test.