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

Table 4

Water-holding capacity and setting volume in water of BL, WB, and CL.

	Content of dietary fiber	WHC	SV
	(%)	g water/g	mL/g
BL	37.8	4.1 ± 0.2^a	7.1 ± 0.3^a
WB	38.1	2.9 ± 0.3^b	3.9 ± 0.1^b
CL	96.0	2.5 ± 0.2^b	4.4 ± 0.2^b

BL: young barley leaf powder, WB: wheat bran, CL: cellulose, WHC: water-holding capacity, and SV: setting volume in water.
a,bData of WHC and SV, respectively, with different alphabetical letters are significantly different at 𝑃<0.05.