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Table 1 % SCFA produced in in vitro colonic fermentation vessels at 24 h containing AX and β-glucan alone and combined in different ratios

From: Comparative prebiotic activity of mixtures of cereal grain polysaccharides

 

SCFA (%)

Acetate

Propionate

Butyrate

No treatment

47.2 (± 13.5)

37.0 (± 7.8)

15.7 (± 4.1)

FOS

70.0 (± 8.0)

15.4 (± 4.3)

14.6 (± 4.6)

AX

73.5 (± 16.1)

15.4 (± 3.6)

11.1 (± 4.3)

AX 3:1 β-glucan

74.9 (± 10.6)

15.5 (± 4.7)

9.6 (± 2.8)

AX 1:1 β-glucan

72.0 (± 25.3)

12.0 (± 3.7)

15.9 (± 5.4)

AX 1:3 β-glucan

63.0 (± 16.5)

19.3 (± 5.7)

17.7 (± 4.5)

β-Glucan

45.3 (± 10.3)

44.9 (± 17.5)

9.7 (± 1.3)

  1. FOS is the positive control, and no added polysaccharide (no treatment) is the negative control, n = 3