Formation of Short-Chain Fatty Acids, Excretion of Anthocyanins, and Microbial Diversity in Rats Fed Blackcurrants, Blackberries, and Raspberries

Table 2

Content (g/100 g, dwb) and faecal excretion (%) of dietary fibre in rats fed a diet containing blackcurrant, blackberry, and raspberry, and L. plantarum HEAL19.

	Content and composition (g/100 g, dwb)							Faecal excretion (% of intake)
	Blackcurrant		Blackberry		Raspberry		𝑃	Blackcurrant	Blackberry	Raspberry	𝑃
Rhamnose	0.2^b	(1)	0.4^a	(2)	0.3^b	(2)	0.001	36^b	41^a	40^ab	0.046
Fucose	0.03^b	(<0.5)	0.1^a	(<0.5)	0.04^b	(<0.5)	0.008	65	59	56	NS
Arabinose	0.8^b	(5)	1.1^a	(4)	1.1^c	(6)	<0.001	17^b	16^b	10^a	<0.001
Xylose	0.8^b	(5)	5.1^a	(20)	3.1^c	(16)	<0.001	26^a	49^b	54^b	<0.001
Mannose	2.6^a	(16)	0.4^b	(2)	0.4^b	(2)	<0.001	43	35	33	NS
Galactose	0.9	(5)	0.7	(3)	0.9	(5)	NS	25^b	41^a	22^b	<0.001
Glucose	3.5^b	(21)	10.2^a	(40)	7.2^c	(38)	<0.001	40^a	51^b	53^b	<0.001
Uronic acids	7.9^b	(47)	7.5^b	(29)	5.9^a	(31)	0.011	11^a	15^b	16^b	<0.001
Dietary fibre polysaccharides	16.7^b	(100)	25.5^a	(100)	18.9^c	(100)	<0.001	25^b	37^a	38^a	<0.001
Klason lignin	5.0^a		6.0^ab		6.7^b		0.032	ND	ND	ND
Total dietary fibre^1	21.7		31.5		25.6

Values within parentheses show the composition of dietary fibre (%).
¹The proportion of soluble dietary fibre was for blackcurrant 43%, blackberry 18%, and raspberry 25%.
^a,b,cMean values within a row, with unlike superscripts are significantly different (𝑃<0.05).