Physiological properties of beetroot crisps applied in standard and dyslipidaemic diets of rats

Table 2 Final body weights and parameters of gastrointestinal tract of rats fed experimental diets

	Body weight, g	pH			Caecal indices				Activity of bacterial enzymes in caecal digesta
		stomach	ileal	caecal	tissue, g/100 g b.w.	digesta, g/100 g b.w.	ammonia, mg/100 g	dry matter, %	β-Glucosidase	β-Glucuronidase
Subgroup
B₀S	265.6	3.67	6.48	6.74	0.227	0.965	3.27	24.88	0.433	0.94
B_0.3S	262.8	3.68	6.55	6.71	0.239	1.099	3.15	23.54	0.490	0.87
B₁S	264.8	3.61	6.48	6.92	0.231	1.073	3.55	23.17	0.380	1.10
B₃S	275.3	3.54	6.85	6.85	0.239	1.085	3.07	22.00	0.393	0.87
B₀D	248.1	3.89	6.70	7.11	0.238	0.706	4.35	22.25	0.059	0.36
B_0.3D	245.7	3.74	6.92	7.11	0.231	0.717	4.12	22.41	0.048	0.35
B₁D	250.8	4.28	6.68	7.13	0.263	0.807	4.21	20.20	0.039	0.39
B₃D	250.6	4.10	6.99	7.17	0.243	0.937	3.77	18.78	0.035	0.36
SEM	2.081	0.072	0.036	0.030	0.006	0.031	0.093	0.321	0.029	0.044
Chips (C)
B₀	256.9	3.78	6.59^b	6.93	0.233	0.835	3.81	23.56^a	0.246	0.65
B_0.3	254.3	3.71	6.74^b	6.91	0.235	0.908	3.64	22.98^ab	0.269	0.61
B₁	257.8	3.94	6.58^b	7.03	0.247	0.940	3.88	21.69^bc	0.210	0.74
B₃	262.9	3.82	6.92^a	7.01	0.241	1.011	3.42	20.39^c	0.214	0.62
P value (C)	0.374	0.681	< 0.05	0.188	0.830	0.126	0.159	< 0.05	0.525	0.214
Diet (D)
Standard	267.1^a	3.62^b	6.59^b	6.81^b	0.234	1.055^a	3.26^b	23.40^a	0.424^a	0.94^a
Dyslipidemic	248.8^b	4.00^a	6.82^a	7.13^a	0.244	0.792^b	4.11^a	20.91^b	0.045^b	0.36^b
P value (D)	< 0.05	< 0.05	< 0.05	< 0.05	0.402	< 0.05	< 0.05	< 0.05	< 0.05	< 0.05
P value (CxD)	0.751	0.372	0.564	0.475	0.667	0.470	0.720	0.433	0.707	0.454

^abc - values within each row with the same superscript are not different at P ≤ 0.05
S-standard groups; D-dyslipidemic groups, B₀ -groups without beetroot crisps, B_0.3, B₁, B₃ -groups with 0.3, 1 and 3% beetroot crisps respectively

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