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Table 2 Effect of prebiotics and probiotics on the relative organ weights (g/100 g BW)

From: Effects of prebiotics in combination with probiotics on intestinal hydrolase activity, microbial population and immunological biomarkers in SD rats fed an AIN-93G diet

Item

Treatment group*

Significance (p value)

CELL

CELPRO

OATS

OATPRO

PRE

PRO

PRE*PRO

Liver, g/100 BW

4.11 ± 0.56

3.80 ± 0.48

3.57 ± 0.36

3.89 ± 0.53

0.32

0.98

0.18

Spleen, g/100 BW

0.25 ± 0.03

0.24 ± 0.02

0.22 ± 0.06

0.24 ± 0.03

0.09

0.24

0.19

Intestinal mucosae, g/100 BW

0.57 ± 0.17

0.69 ± 0.19

0.58 ± 0.18

0.54 ± 0.13

0.40

0.58

0.31

  1. *CELL (5% of cellulose), CELPRO (5% of cellulose + 1% of probiotics), OATS (5% of oatmeal), and OATPRO (5% of oatmeal + 1% of probiotics) groups
  2. Prebiotics and probiotics are abbreviated as PRE and PRO, respectively
  3. Probiotics contained L. plantarum (1 * 106), B. subtilis (1 * 106), and S. cerevisiae (1 * 106)
  4. Values indicate mean ± SD (n = 5)
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