Effects of Young Barley Leaf Powder on Gastrointestinal Functions in Rats and Its Efficacy-Related Physicochemical Properties

Table 3

The pH of cecal contents.

	pH
CT group	7.08 ± 0.13^a
WB group	6.87 ± 0.17^b
BL group	6.87 ± 0.11^b
WI group	6.75 ± 0.07^b
EI group	7.24 ± 0.09^a
ES group	7.10 ± 0.12^a

CT: control, WB: wheat bran, BL: whole of young barley leaf powder (BL), WI: water-insoluble fraction of BL, EI: ethanol-insoluble fraction of BL, and ES: ethanol-soluble fraction of BL.
a,bData with different alphabetical letters are significantly different at 𝑃<0.05.