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From: Prebiotic effects of diet supplemented with the cultivated red seaweed Chondrus crispus or with fructo-oligo-saccharide on host immunity, colonic microbiota and gut microbial metabolites

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Effect of diets on body weight gain, liver weight, faecal moisture, and plasma immunoglobulin. Body weight (a) was monitored weekly during the feeding period. Liver weight (b) and faecal moisture (c) were determined after 3 weeks of feeding. Data are presented as the mean ± SD (n = 6). At the end of the feeding period, IgA (d) and IgG (e) levels in rat plasma samples were determined by ELISA and are presented as the mean ± SD, with three biological replicates and two technical replicates. BF = basal feed; C2.5 = C. crispus 2.5 %; C0.5 = C. crispus 0.5 %; F2.5 = FOS Inulin 2.5 %; F0.5 = FOS Inulin 0.5 %. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01 (versus BF)

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