Net propionic acid and total short chain fatty acid (SCFA) production during antibiotic treatment after incubation of faecal homogenate for 24 hours with potato starch
| Metronidazole | Erythromycin | Vancomycin | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Propionate | Total SCFA | Propionate | Total SCFA | Propionate | Total SCFA | ||||||
| Day 0 | 9.4 | 39.3 | 2.9 | 27.3 | 4.2 | 26.1 | |||||
| Day 1 | 5.4 | 35.2 | 0.0 | 18.5 | 1.8 | 19.1 | |||||
| Day 8 | −1.3 | 19.0 | 0.0 | 9.6 | 10.0 | 27.5 | |||||
| Day 21 | 2.2 | 24.3 | 5.9 | 20.7 | 4.1 | 22.7 | |||||
Propionic acid and SCFA production were measured in mmol/litre incubation mixture/day.