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Table 3 Effect of prebiotics and probiotics on the blood biochemical profiles

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

Albumin, g/dl

3.22 ± 0.13

3.18 ± 0.13

3.30 ± 0.08

3.26 ± 0.15

0.17

0.48

1.00

Total protein, g/dl

6.28 ± 0.22

6.40 ± 0.30

6.56 ± 0.21

6.24 ± 0.26

0.59

0.38

0.08

Triglyceride, mg/dl

95.00 ± 16.30a

94.80 ± 14.84a

52.75 ± 15.54b

64.20 ± 13.48b

0.01

0.44

0.43

Cholesterol, g/dl

72.20 ± 5.93

79.00 ± 10.41

75.60 ± 8.76

72.20 ± 3.11

0.58

0.58

0.11

Glucose, mg/dl

211.67 ± 47.43

193.50 ± 40.80

176.00 ± 33.05

166.33 ± 13.48

0.16

0.52

0.84

AST, U/L

120.75 ± 33.89

84.40 ± 9.53

110.25 ± 41.97

82.00 ± 11.45

0.62

0.03

0.76

ALT, U/L

69.60 ± 7.63

51.60 ± 9.13

63.20 ± 17.77

50.00 ± 15.57

0.87

0.09

0.23

Blood urea N, U/L

15.3 ± 2.40

14.46 ± 0.97

14.18 ± 1.78

12.53 ± 1.53

0.06

0.113

0.589

Uric acid, U/L

3.28 ± 1.88

2.66 ± 1.34

2.70 ± 1.17

2.58 ± 1.32

0.63

0.59

0.72

  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)
  5. a,bMean within a same column with no common superscript differ significantly among the treatment groups (p < 0.05)
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