Table 2: Effect of various dietary fiber on body weight gain, intake, GLP-1, PYY and cecal.
a,b Mean values within a column with unlike superscript letters were significantly different (P < 0·05).
Data were analyzed by one-way ANOVA, followed by the Tukey–Kramer test.
Group Body wt gain Food intake Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) Peptide YY (PYY) Cecum
Tissue Content SCFA in cecal contents
Acetate Propionate n-Butyrate Total
g/21 d ng/mL g μmol/contents
Fiber-free (FF) 59±4bc 349±12bc 0.052±0.006a 0.463±0.041a 1.21±0.07a 0.68 ±0.04a 120±17ab 35±3a 22±3a 117±22a
Cellulose (CL) 65±3bc 372±12c 0.039±0.004a 0.528±0.024ab 1.26±0.08a 0.81±0.02a 95±7a 30±2a 28±5a 152±12a
Beet fiber (BF) 55±4abc 326±8ab 0.086±0.019ab 0.584±0.048abc 1.53±0.10a 1.26±0.04bc 505±119d 85±23ab 134±18b 724±159bc
Guar gum (GG) 39±3a 278±4a 0.142 ±0.014b 1.255±0.088d 2.10±0.12abc 2.04 ±0.10de 397±82bcd 149±30b 65±10ab 610±120b
Partiallyhydrolyzed guar gum (PHGG) 53±6ab 300±6a 0.385±0.075c 1.645±0.225e 2.33±0.16d 1.64±0.07d 602±76d 245±23c 111±28ab 957±118c
Konjac mannan (KM) 55±2abc 361±6b 0.098±0.020ab 0.864 ±0.062bcd 2.14±0.15bcd 2.39±0.20e 678±112d 251±44c 257±55c 1183±177c
Hydroxypropyl starch (HPS) 62±5bc 372±11bcd 0.094±.048abc 0.803±0.048abc 1.34±0.13a 1.26±0.08bc 460±72cd 125±24b 66±13ab 651±107b
Hydroxypropyl distarch phosphate (HPDP) 74±2c 395±6cd 0.129±0.014ab 0.933±0.035cd 1.44±0.16a 1.28±0.07bcd 429±51cd 134±19b 69±9ab 630±78b
Raffinose (RF) 62±5bc 381±11cd 0.269±0.019c 1.274±0.080de 1.68±0.10ab 1.46±0.07c 688±121d 70±13ab 136±60b 894±180c
Akamoku seaweed (AK) 69±6bc 421±10d 0.026±0.007ab 0.613±0.029abc 1.29±0.14a 0.95±0.07ab 113±14abc 47±6a 29±3ab 188±21a