Fermentation Characterization of Chinese Yam Polysaccharide and Its Effects on the Gut Microbiota of Rats

Table 3

In vitro gas production parameters with Chinese Yam polysaccharide (CYP) and glucose (𝑛=4).

Treatment	Maximum volume ofgas production (GP, mL)	Rate of gasproduction (𝐵, mL/h)	Lag time of gasproduction (LAG, h)
CYP 1	30.82 ± 0.47^(bc)	1.59 ± 0.09^(c)	0.93 ± 0.50^(b)
CYP 2	27.72 ±3.09^(c)	7.04 ± 0.99^(b)	(−0.28) ± 0.15^(c)
CYP 3	35.72 ± 0.88^(a)	7.99 ± 0.52^(a)	(−0.15) ± 0.18^(c)
CYP 4	32.06 ± 2.96^(b)	6.44 ± 0.36^(b)	(−0.11) ± 0.07^(c)
Glucose	32.65 ± 2.17^(ab)	8.49 ± 0.54^(a)	0.69 ± 0.10^(b)
Control	6.17 ± 0.08^(d)	0.37 ± 0.01^(d)	1.55 ± 0.05^(a)

^(a−d)Mean ± S.D. values with different superscripts within a column are significantly different (𝑃<.05).