Hydrogel Derived from Glucomannan-Chitosan to Improve the Survival of Lactobacillus acidophilus FNCC 0051 in Simulated Gastrointestinal Fluid

Table 1

Encapsulated cell numbers and hydrogel encapsulation efficiencies with different initial cell numbers.

Hydrogels with different cell numbers (log CFU/mL)	Cell number before encapsulation (log CFU/mL)	Cell number after encapsulation (log CFU/g)	Encapsulation efficiency (%)
8	9.39 ± 0.00	4.47 ± 0.18	44.37 ± 1.91^a
9	9.56 ± 0.00	6.60 ± 0.13	65.83 ± 1.37^b
10	10.10 ± 0.00	7.94 ± 0.21	85.03 ± 0.63^c

Values represent the mean ± standard deviation (SD). Different superscript letters in the same column indicate significantly different results at the level of .