Proportions of individual SCFA (as a percentage of total SCFA) produced by in vitro cultures of faecal bacteria from breast fed infants, formula fed infants, and adults containing simple and complex carbohydrates
| Breast fed infants (n=11) | Formula fed infants (n=11) | Adults (n=6) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median | Range | Median | Range | Median | Range | ||||||
| Acetic acid | |||||||||||
| Blank | 71.6† 3-153 | 54.6-83.8 | 59.03-150 | 0-71.9 | 40.8 | 24.6-56.8 | |||||
| Glucose | 98.03-150 ¶ | 56.2-99.7 | 68.3 | 44.5-89.6 | 66.7 | 52.1-88.7 | |||||
| Raftilose | 87.63-150 ¶ | 56.4-98.7 | 62.0 | 39.1-85.8 | 63.1 | 47.4-86.9 | |||||
| Soybean polysaccharide | 73.7† 3-153 | 54.5-85.9 | 56.6 | 0-72.6 | 55.3 | 42.2-61.0 | |||||
| Propionic acid | |||||||||||
| Blank | 21.6 | 13.0-33.4 | 19.7 | 6.8-73.1 | 14.9 | 7.1-52.1 | |||||
| Glucose | 1.43-150 ∥ | 0.0-24.4 | 26.3 | 8.6-43.6 | 17.6 | 8.8-26.7 | |||||
| Raftilose | 11.9 | 0.8-19.0 | 16.4 | 9.2-59.6 | 14.9 | 4.0-27.9 | |||||
| Soybean polysaccharide | 19.2 | 11.7-36.3 | 28.8 | 0.0-45.7 | 23.2 | 14.6-32.5 | |||||
| N-butyric acid | |||||||||||
| Blank | 0.93-150 | 0.0-18.4 | 4.4† | 0.0-8.2 | 11.2 | 5.0-18.1 | |||||
| Glucose | 0.23-150 | 0.0-28.1 | 2.9 | 0.1-14.3 | 8.9 | 1.4-30.0 | |||||
| Raftilose | 0.23-150 3-153 | 0.0-24.8 | 9.3 | 0.5-34.1 | 13.5 | 1.8-36.9 | |||||
| Soybean polysaccharide | 0.43-150 | 0.0-20.6 | 4.03-150 | 0.0-17.0 | 10.9 | 7.4-18.9 | |||||
| Lactic acid | |||||||||||
| Blank | 0.03-150 | 0.0-8.4 | 0.0 | 0.0-0.0 | 3.2 | 0.0-28.0 | |||||
| Glucose | 25.8 | 9.6-60.4 | 13.3 | 0.0-77.7 | 24.7 | 0.0-35.5 | |||||
| Raftilose | 10.3 | 0.0-44.1 | 3.2 | 0.0-88.1 | 15.9 | 0.0-37.3 | |||||
| Soybean polysaccharide | 0.0 | 0.0-8.5 | 0.0 | 0.0-1.3 | 3.8 | 0.0-30.6 | |||||