High-Fructose Diet Increases Inflammatory Cytokines and Alters Gut Microbiota Composition in Rats

Table 2

Effects of fructose on SCFA concentrations in the colon of rats at the end of 20 weeks.

	Con	Fru-L	Fru-M	Fru-H
Acetic acid (μg/g)	^a	^a	^a	^a
Propionic acid (μg/g)	^a	^a	^a	^a
Butyric acid (μg/g)	^a	^a	^a	^a
Isobutyric acid (μg/g)	^a	^b	^b	^b
Total SCFAs (μg/g)	^a	^a	^a	^a

Con group, administration of saline solution; Fru-L group, administration of a low dosage of fructose (2.6 g/kg/day); Fru-M group, administration of a moderate dosage of fructose (5.3 g/kg/day); Fru-H group, administration of a high dosage of fructose (10.5 g/kg/day). Data are expressed as the (). Values in the same row that do not share the same lowercase letter are significantly different ().