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 ± 8.3b
Prebiotic (5%)
18.04 ± 0.6
361.4 ± 5.8a
Prebiotic (10%)
18.92 ± 0.6
370.1 ± 8.98a
SM (5%)
17.2 ± 0.4
353.3 ± 6.3ab
SM (10%)
18.2 ± 0.3
358.5 ± 8.2a
Prebiotic + SM (5% + 5%)
17.8 ± 0.5
327.0 ± 7.8b
Prebiotic + SM (10% + 10%)
18.1 ± 0.6
285.5 ± 6.3c
Prebiotic + SM (5% + 10%)
17.2 ± 0.4
333.5 ± 6.0ab
Prebiotic + SM (10% + 5%)
17.7 ± 0.4
286.6 ± 6.1c
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).