Combinational Effects of Prebiotics and Soybean against Azoxymethane-Induced Colon Cancer In Vivo

Table 2

Feed intake and weight gain in rats fed prebiotic and soybean meal.

Groups	Feed intake (g/day)	Weight gain (g/41 wk)
Control (AIN-93G/M)	17.6  ±  0.91	310.2  ±  8.3^b
Prebiotic (5%)	18.04  ±  0.6	361.4  ±  5.8^a
Prebiotic (10%)	18.92  ±  0.6	370.1  ±  8.98^a
SM (5%)	17.2  ±  0.4	353.3  ±  6.3^ab
SM (10%)	18.2  ±  0.3	358.5  ±  8.2^a
Prebiotic + SM (5% + 5%)	17.8  ±  0.5	327.0  ±  7.8^b
Prebiotic + SM (10% + 10%)	18.1  ±  0.6	285.5  ±  6.3^c
Prebiotic + SM (5% + 10%)	17.2  ±  0.4	333.5  ± 6.0^ab
Prebiotic + SM (10% + 5%)	17.7  ±  0.4	286.6  ±  6.1^c

Abbreviations: SM: soybean meal, values are expressed as means ± SEM.
^abcMeans in a column with the same letter are not significantly different using Tukey’s studentized range test (P  ≤  0.05).