Figure 3.
Changes in the abundance of detrimental microbial VOCs metabolites, expressed as normalized scale from relative abundances with respect to the baseline (red line). The baseline absolute quantifications in mg/kg are found in the Supplementary Material (Table S3). Changes were recorded after 6, 18, and 24 h of in vitro fecal batch fermentations with HBPA, HB, FOS, and a blank control. Each plot is made with the raw data obtained from each time point and replica. Samples were analyzed in duplicate from two independent experiments (n = 4). Marker = mean; box = mean ± S.D.; whiskers = non outlier range; dots = outliers; asterisks = extremes. Cases with different letters or numbers or symbols among a single independent variable are significantly different according to Tukey’s HSD test (p < 0.05). HB Hempseed bran; HBPA HB protein extract hydrolyzed by alcalase; FOS fructooligosaccharides; Blank Blank control.