A potential synbiotic product improves the lipid profile of diabetic rats

Table 1 Average daily intakes of water and feed and body weight of animals in non-diabetic and diabetic groups during the trial period

Groups	Group I	Group II	Group III	Group IV
Parameters	Group I	Group II	Group III	Group IV
Water consumption (mL)	41.26^b ± 0.81	173.45^a ± 10.63	192.16^a ± 9.20	183.46^a ± 9.16
Feed consumption (g)	25.47^b ± 0.26	38.89^a ± 1.20	39.56^a ± 1.41	38.78^a ± 1.31
Body weight (g)	306.47^b ± 24.33	242.41^a ± 8.10	245.49^a ± 8.23	235.29^a ± 6.93

Values are expressed as mean ± standard error (n=10). Means values for groups with same lowercase letter on the same line do not differ significantly at p ≤ 0.05. Group I = non-diabetic animals that received only chow diet (negative control), Group II = diabetic animals that received only chow diet (positive control), Group III = diabetic animals that received chow diet + 1 mL/kg bw/day of soybean and yacon unfermented product, Group IV = diabetic animals that received chow diet + 1 mL/kg bw/day of soybean and yacon fermented product.

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